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PRAISES [Correct Version] [4 string bass arrangement] · Elevation Rhythm

EXERCISE 1 OF 36
Groove I -- Part I
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COUNT-IN
PART S2
PART H
PART I
PART J
CHORUS
PART H
PART I
PART J
OUTRO
9 groovesLIHJS2+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 5
FILL · 8
LAND · 8
RUN · 2
JOIN · 6
LINK · 1
SECTION · 5
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play PRAISES [Correct Version] [4 string bass arrangement] on drums

97 bars of 4/4 at 144 BPM, about 2:41 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

46 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how often it moves around the kit.

TEMPO
144 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
97
LENGTH
2:41
DIFFICULTY
46/100

silence through bars 1-11, hi-hat through bars 12-13, toms through bars 14-17, hi-hat through bars 18-90, snare through bars 91-93 and hi-hat through bars 94-97.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-37, 66-73 and 92, and 1 more place -- 20.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    31
    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HH |o---o---o---o---|
PRAISES [Correct Version] [4 string bass arrangement] -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 9, 11, 13, 15, 45, 53 and 7 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 27 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- I, L -- 5 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- J -- 7 exercises, about 22 minutes.
  3. Through Part S2 and Part H -- 4 exercises, about 33 minutes.
  4. Bars 17-43 -- 6 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  5. Bars 42-63 -- 7 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  6. Bars 78-97 -- 6 exercises, about 23 minutes.
  7. The whole song -- 1 exercise, about 10 minutes.
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Questions

What BPM is PRAISES [Correct Version] [4 string bass arrangement]?

144 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 PRAISES [Correct Version] [4 string bass arrangement] hard to play on drums?

46 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

97 bars, about 2:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 7 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 PRAISES [Correct Version] [4 string bass arrangement]?

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 9, 11, 13, 15, 45, 53 and 7 more.

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