owl · mAvz

127 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
127
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 99-120 -- 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 · 120 BPM
OWL · BARS 99-100
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 2, 28, 29, 30 and 31.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

128 bars across 14 sections: 86 keep time, 6 are fills and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 97-119.

PART D
PART L
PART N
PART T
PART AG
BREAK
PART AI
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
14 groovesALS10DNAG+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is owl?

120 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 owl hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

127 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 17 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 owl?

2 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 2, 28, 29, 30 and 31.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 127 BARS ANALYSED
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