Neal · Neal

80 bars of 4/4 at a walking 109 BPM, 2:56 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
109 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
80
LENGTH
2:56
DIFFICULTY
90/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35-37 and 39-41 -- 7.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 109 BPM
NEAL · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 22 more.

LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 10-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 15 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 28-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 61-67 · LANDS ON BAR 68 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BAR 71 · LANDS ON BAR 72

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

80 bars across 10 sections: 42 keep time, 28 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 36-52.

PART B
PART S3
PART W
CHORUS
PART AH
PART S8
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesADS3WASB+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Neal?

109 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 Neal hard to play on drums?

90 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

80 bars, about 2:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 12 sittings, about 23 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 Neal?

5 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 22 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 80 BARS ANALYSED
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