Outro · Circa 40

55 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 1:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
55
LENGTH
1:34
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18, 22-23 and 25-27, and 1 more place -- 19.4% 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
OUTRO · BAR 25
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 16, 31, 32, 40, 47 and 48.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 31-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 47-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

55 bars across 5 sections: 22 keep time, 6 are fills, 5 are stops and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-30.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART K
OUTRO
5 groovesDS1KS4AFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Outro?

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 Outro 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 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

55 bars, about 1:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 26 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 Outro?

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 16, 31, 32, 40, 47 and 48.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 55 BARS ANALYSED
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