Prequel To The Sequel · BTBAM

318 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 11:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
318
LENGTH
11:30
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 5% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 78-85 and 90-97 -- 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 · 100 BPM
PREQUEL TO THE SEQUEL · BAR 79
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

38 fills to learn, played 103 times: bars 7, 8, 15, 16, 25, 29 and 97 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

34 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

318 bars across 30 sections: 157 keep time, 103 are fills, 30 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 197-211.

PART V
PART AO
CHORUS 2
PART CT
PART DQ
26 groovesAOICTVDQ+21Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Prequel To The Sequel?

100 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 Prequel To The Sequel hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 79 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

318 bars, about 11:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 133 exercises over 43 sittings, about 26 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 Prequel To The Sequel?

38 fills to learn, played 103 times: bars 7, 8, 15, 16, 25, 29 and 97 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 318 BARS ANALYSED
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