Left It In The River · Jamie MacDonald

70 bars of 4/4 at a walking 98 BPM, 2:51 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
98 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
70
LENGTH
2:51
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 45% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-17, 19-21 and 23, and 11 more places -- 45% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 98 BPM
LEFT IT IN THE RIVER · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 18, 22, 34, 38, 42, 58 and 1 more.

LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 62 · LANDS ON BAR 63
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

70 bars across 9 sections: 51 keep time, 7 are fills and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-10.

PART A
BREAK
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
BREAK 2
PART I
OUTRO
7 groovesCAGIS2+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Left It In The River?

98 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 Left It In The River hard to play on drums?

39 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

70 bars, about 2:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 5 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Left It In The River?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 18, 22, 34, 38, 42, 58 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 70 BARS ANALYSED
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