Pow R. Toc. H · Pink Floyd

130 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
4:20
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 61-70, 76-85 and 126-130 -- 22.3% 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
POW R. TOC. H · BAR 61
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 54.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 14 sections: 94 keep time, 1 is a fill, 11 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-45.

CHORUS
PART D
PART D
PART G
11 groovesADGBE+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pow R. Toc. H?

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 Pow R. Toc. H hard to play on drums?

41 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 4:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 7 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Pow R. Toc. H?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 54.

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