Mezmer · Pinkly Smooth

152 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 4:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

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TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
4:37
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 5 and 10, and 13 more places -- 16% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 122 BPM
MEZMER · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 16 and 39 more.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

152 bars across 12 sections: 87 keep time, 45 are fills, 5 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-31.

CHORUS
PART T
CHORUS 2
PART AA
PART AQ
PART AW
PART BB
OUTRO
10 groovesAAABBAWAQ+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mezmer?

122 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 Mezmer hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

152 bars, about 4:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 65 exercises over 26 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Mezmer?

21 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 16 and 39 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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