On The Line · Tangier

97 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 4:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Rock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
97
LENGTH
4:12
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6, 10 and 12, and 20 more places -- 24.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 92 BPM
ON THE LINE · BAR 12
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 5, 17, 33, 34, 35, 41 and 9 more.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BARS 33-35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 9 sections: 68 keep time, 15 are fills, 2 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 83-97.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART C
CHORUS 3
PART C
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDCFS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is On The Line?

92 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 On The Line hard to play on drums?

44 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

97 bars, about 4:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 6 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 On The Line?

5 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 5, 17, 33, 34, 35, 41 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 97 BARS ANALYSED
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