Phantom Express · Makeshift

8 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:16 of playing, on snare, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / tripletFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
8
LENGTH
0:16
DIFFICULTY
23/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 140% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 1-7 -- 140% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
PHANTOM EXPRESS · BARS 1-2
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 8.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 8
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

8 bars: 4 keep time, 1 is a fill and 3 are silent.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Phantom Express?

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 Phantom Express hard to play on drums?

23 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is how many limbs land on the same note. The beat itself is 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

8 bars, about 0:16 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

snare, mid tom and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in Phantom Express?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 8.

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