Myka, Relocate · Playing It Safe

129 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 3:41 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
3:41
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5, 7 and 9, and 11 more places -- 15.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
MYKA, RELOCATE · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 21, 22, 28, 30, 46, 47 and 13 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 21-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 46-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 13 sections: 78 keep time, 19 are fills, 5 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 75-83.

CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART O
CHORUS 3
PART Y
PART F
PART S10
PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesBFOYJ+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Myka, Relocate?

140 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 Myka, Relocate hard to play on drums?

62 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 3:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 16 sittings, about 25 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 Myka, Relocate?

10 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 21, 22, 28, 30, 46, 47 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 129 BARS ANALYSED
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