Midnight · Algorhythm

127 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Jazz / BluesElectronic120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
127
LENGTH
4:14
DIFFICULTY
99/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-27, 29-31 and 33-35, and 5 more places -- 20.2% 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
MIDNIGHT · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 12, 48, 51, 68, 71, 72 and 5 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 71-72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

127 bars across 11 sections: 87 keep time, 11 are fills, 8 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 79-98.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART F
PART F
PART K
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesDFKBH+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Midnight?

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 Midnight hard to play on drums?

99 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 77 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

127 bars, about 4:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 14 sittings, about 24 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 Midnight?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 12, 48, 51, 68, 71, 72 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 127 BARS ANALYSED
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