Ropes Pt. I · Konvent

244 bars of 4/4 at 124 BPM, about 7:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
124 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
244
LENGTH
7:05
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 82-96, 166-176 and 243-244 -- 12.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 124 BPM
ROPES PT. I · BAR 86
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 81 and 242.

LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 242 · LANDS ON BAR 243
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

244 bars across 17 sections: 117 keep time, 2 are fills, 85 are stops and 27 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 213-229.

CHORUS
PART D
PART J
PART K
PART S12
PART N
PART N
13 groovesS2DNKG+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ropes Pt. I?

124 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 Ropes Pt. I hard to play on drums?

34 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 17 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

244 bars, about 7:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 10 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Ropes Pt. I?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 81 and 242.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 244 BARS ANALYSED
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