Postparto (WIP) · Hesse Kassel

199 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 6:46 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
199
LENGTH
6:46
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 8-10, 12-13 and 15-17, and 6 more places -- 15.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 122 BPM
POSTPARTO (WIP) · BARS 12-13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 78, 109, 110, 117, 118, 119 and 31 more.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 78 · LANDS ON BAR 79
LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 109-110 · LANDS ON BAR 111 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 117-125 · LANDS ON BAR 126 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 139 · LANDS ON BAR 140

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

199 bars across 16 sections: 103 keep time, 38 are fills, 9 are stops and 31 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-41.

PART A
CHORUS
PART S3
PART J
PART P
PART T
PART AB
PART AI
PART AS
OUTRO
15 groovesDJS3ASAI+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Postparto (WIP)?

122 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 Postparto (WIP) hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 71 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

199 bars, about 6:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 62 exercises over 21 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Postparto (WIP)?

11 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 78, 109, 110, 117, 118, 119 and 31 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 199 BARS ANALYSED
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