melodrama · disiz, Theodora

112 bars of 4/4 at 154 BPM, about 2:55 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

150 BPM and upFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
154 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
112
LENGTH
2:55
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 95% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-14, 17-31 and 33-47, and 5 more places -- 94.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 154 BPM
MELODRAMA · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 112.

LOOP · 154 BPM
BAR 112
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

112 bars across 10 sections: 92 keep time, 1 is a fill and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-55.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
BREAK 4
OUTRO
6 groovesBS9S1S7S3+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is melodrama?

154 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 melodrama hard to play on drums?

44 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 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

112 bars, about 2:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 24 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.

How many fills are in melodrama?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 112.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 112 BARS ANALYSED
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