new shell · Paper Cranes

158 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 5:11 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
158
LENGTH
5:11
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 48, 50 and 52, and 24 more places -- 19.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 122 BPM
NEW SHELL · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 130, 138, 139, 140, 141 and 142.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 130 · LANDS ON BAR 131
LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 138-142 · LANDS ON BAR 143 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

158 bars across 12 sections: 120 keep time, 6 are fills and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 7-23.

PART C
PART I
PART L
CHORUS
PART I
PART L
CHORUS 2
BREAK
OUTRO
7 groovesMLICS11+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is new shell?

122 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 new shell 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?

158 bars, about 5:11 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 8 sittings, about 28 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 new shell?

2 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 130, 138, 139, 140, 141 and 142.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 158 BARS ANALYSED
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