Le Chant des Cygnes · Indochine

117 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 3:23 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
3:23
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 61% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-49, 66-81 and 94-117 -- 61% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 138 BPM
LE CHANT DES CYGNES · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 6 sections: 102 keep time and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-25.

CHORUS
VERSE
CHORUS 2
VERSE 2
BREAK
VERSE 3
3 groovesCBS5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Le Chant des Cygnes?

138 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Chant des Cygnes hard to play on drums?

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the speed of the hand keeping time. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 3:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 3 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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