Not · Big Thief

204 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 5:50 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
204
LENGTH
5:50
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3, 5 and 7, and 30 more places -- 20.3% 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
NOT · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 64, 92, 118, 122, 128, 156 and 5 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 118 · LANDS ON BAR 119
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 122 · LANDS ON BAR 123
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 156 · LANDS ON BAR 157

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

204 bars across 19 sections: 149 keep time, 11 are fills, 15 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-45.

CHORUS
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART O
PART J
12 groovesBJKOC+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Not?

140 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 Not hard to play on drums?

49 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

204 bars, about 5:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 60 exercises over 15 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Not?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 64, 92, 118, 122, 128, 156 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 204 BARS ANALYSED
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