Le 30E Dragons - #3 · Le 30E Dragons

109 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
109
LENGTH
3:38
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 18-19, 22-23 and 77-82 -- 9.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
LE 30E DRAGONS - #3 · BARS 18-19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 4 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 1-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 41-42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 100 · LANDS ON BAR 101
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

109 bars across 11 sections: 71 keep time, 10 are fills, 3 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 78-87.

PART E
PART G
CHORUS
PART R
PART S6
PART AJ
PART AM
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesMS6EAWR+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Le 30E Dragons - #3?

120 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Le 30E Dragons - #3 hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 86 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

109 bars, about 3:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 14 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Le 30E Dragons - #3?

4 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 109 BARS ANALYSED
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