Rest in Peace · Dorothy

63 bars, 3:22, at 75 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
75 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
63
LENGTH
3:22
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23, 33 and 35, and 9 more places -- 23.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 75 BPM
REST IN PEACE · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 24, 32, 34, 40, 44, 48 and 4 more.

LOOP · 75 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 75 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 75 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
LOOP · 75 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

63 bars across 6 sections: 35 keep time, 10 are fills, 3 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 16-23.

PART S2
PART C
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesDS2CGT+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Rest in Peace?

75 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Rest in Peace hard to play on drums?

61 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

63 bars, about 3:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 7 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Rest in Peace?

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 24, 32, 34, 40, 44, 48 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 63 BARS ANALYSED
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