Nellie The Elephant · Toy Dolls

104 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 4:25 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Punk90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
104
LENGTH
4:25
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-21, 33-37 and 42-49, and 2 more places -- 48.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 92 BPM
NELLIE THE ELEPHANT · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 50, 58, 62, 83, 91, 92 and 1 more.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 62 · LANDS ON BAR 63
LOOP · 92 BPM
BARS 91-92 · LANDS ON BAR 93 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

104 bars across 12 sections: 48 keep time, 7 are fills, 7 are stops and 38 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 41-49.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS 2
BREAK 3
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesCS1S12DS9+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Nellie The Elephant?

92 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 Nellie The Elephant hard to play on drums?

42 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

104 bars, about 4:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 5 sittings, about 27 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 Nellie The Elephant?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 50, 58, 62, 83, 91, 92 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 104 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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