Paul · Babylon Circus

120 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 4:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Hip Hop / ReggaePunk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
120
LENGTH
4:48
DIFFICULTY
36/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 97% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-57, 60-73 and 75-94, and 1 more place -- 97.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 100 BPM
PAUL · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 58 and 59.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 58-59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

120 bars across 3 sections: 108 keep time, 2 are fills and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-57.

CHORUS
BREAK
OUTRO
2 groovesAS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Paul?

100 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 Paul hard to play on drums?

36 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 15 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

120 bars, about 4:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 2 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Paul?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 58 and 59.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 120 BARS ANALYSED
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