riff comp · timerlanmgs

37 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 0:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
37
LENGTH
0:59
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 20-28 -- 22.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
RIFF COMP · BARS 20-21
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

41 bars across 5 sections: 36 keep time and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 19-31.

PART G
PART L
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesPGTLS3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is riff comp?

135 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 riff comp hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

37 bars, about 0:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 8 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

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