Nero Forte but different drums · Me

169 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
5:12
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21-23 and 25-27, and 7 more places -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
NERO FORTE BUT DIFFERENT DRUMS · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 15, 16, 24, 28, 29, 30 and 15 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 28-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 13 sections: 130 keep time, 21 are fills, 3 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 98-119.

CHORUS
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART K
PART B
PART P
PART W
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesFPKBW+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Nero Forte but different drums?

130 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 Nero Forte but different drums hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 5:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 18 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 Nero Forte but different drums?

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 15, 16, 24, 28, 29, 30 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 169 BARS ANALYSED
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