Pretzel Logic · Steely Dan

108 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 4:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockJazz / Blues90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
4:34
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 53-56, 83-90 and 95-98 -- 15.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 94 BPM
PRETZEL LOGIC · BAR 83
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 5, 9, 58, 68, 69, 70 and 3 more.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59
LOOP · 94 BPM
BARS 68-71 · LANDS ON BAR 72 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 18 sections: 67 keep time, 9 are fills, 3 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 83-90.

PART D
PART I
PART G
PART R
PART I
PART Z
PART AC
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
13 groovesTIGACZ+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pretzel Logic?

94 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 Pretzel Logic hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 4:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 17 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Pretzel Logic?

6 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 5, 9, 58, 68, 69, 70 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 108 BARS ANALYSED
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