Mist · Alpha Current

79 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
79
LENGTH
2:38
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 40% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35-37, 39-41 and 43-45, and 7 more places -- 40% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
MIST · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 77.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 77 · LANDS ON BAR 78
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

79 bars across 7 sections: 70 keep time, 1 is a fill, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 36-74.

PART A
PART C
CHORUS
7 groovesEACS2S5+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mist?

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 Mist hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 57 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

79 bars, about 2:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 7 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Mist?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 77.

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