Rising Moon · Paul Kelly

84 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 3:34 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
84
LENGTH
3:34
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 64% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-12, 14 and 16, and 11 more places -- 63.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 92 BPM
RISING MOON · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 43, 50, 61, 65, 69, 73 and 1 more.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

84 bars across 7 sections: 62 keep time, 7 are fills, 1 is a stop and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-14.

PART B
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDBRS1S4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Rising Moon?

92 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 Rising Moon 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

84 bars, about 3:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 21 exercises over 6 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Rising Moon?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 43, 50, 61, 65, 69, 73 and 1 more.

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