rare animal · Glass Beach

111 bars of 4/4 at a walking 103 BPM, 4:19 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
103 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
111
LENGTH
4:19
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 34-36, 46-48 and 58-60, and 2 more places -- 16% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 103 BPM
RARE ANIMAL · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 33, 37, 45, 49, 61, 70 and 4 more.

LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50
LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
LOOP · 103 BPM
BARS 70-71 · LANDS ON BAR 72 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

111 bars across 15 sections: 69 keep time, 10 are fills, 2 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 72-89.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART D
PART D
PART F
PART F
CHORUS
PART S
11 groovesMFDBS1+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is rare animal?

103 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 rare animal hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 63 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

111 bars, about 4:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 13 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 rare animal?

7 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 33, 37, 45, 49, 61, 70 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 111 BARS ANALYSED
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