Professionalism · Ali

149 bars of 4/4 at 123 BPM, about 4:50 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
149
LENGTH
4:50
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 43% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1, 3-9 and 11-17, and 9 more places -- 42.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 123 BPM
PROFESSIONALISM · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 10, 18, 43, 59, 67, 118 and 4 more.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 67 · LANDS ON BAR 68 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

149 bars across 4 sections: 135 keep time, 11 are fills, 1 is a stop and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 84-117.

CHORUS
PART G
OUTRO
4 groovesAIGS3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Professionalism?

123 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 Professionalism hard to play on drums?

39 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

149 bars, about 4:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 3 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Professionalism?

2 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 10, 18, 43, 59, 67, 118 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 149 BARS ANALYSED
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