"Paradigm" · Oceans Ate Alaska

89 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 2:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
2:38
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 10-12, 14-15 and 75-77, and 1 more place -- 13.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
"PARADIGM" · BARS 10-11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 8, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 and 18 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 12 sections: 39 keep time, 24 are fills, 3 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-39.

COUNT-IN
PART D
CHORUS
PART M
PART R
PART AG
PART S10
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesGAGDRS1+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is "Paradigm"?

135 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 "Paradigm" hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

89 bars, about 2:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 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 "Paradigm"?

13 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 8, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 89 BARS ANALYSED
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