Qwer · Qwer

150 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:17 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Hip Hop / ReggaeElectronic120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
150
LENGTH
4:17
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 20-27, 36-43 and 54-61 -- 16.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
QWER · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 11, 45, 94, 105, 117, 121 and 3 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 94 · LANDS ON BAR 95
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 105 · LANDS ON BAR 106

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

150 bars across 18 sections: 103 keep time, 9 are fills, 16 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 75-89.

PART B
PART F
CHORUS
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART F
CHORUS 3
PART D
PART P
PART V
PART AD
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
15 groovesJALFPV+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Qwer?

140 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 Qwer hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

150 bars, about 4:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 16 sittings, about 27 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 Qwer?

8 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 11, 45, 94, 105, 117, 121 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 150 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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