Roundabout · Yes

283 bars of 4/4 at 133 BPM, about 8:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveRock120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
133 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
283
LENGTH
8:05
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 22-27, 30-33 and 35, and 15 more places -- 17.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 133 BPM
ROUNDABOUT · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 28, 36, 52, 90, 127, 151 and 7 more.

LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 90 · LANDS ON BAR 91
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 127 · LANDS ON BAR 128

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

283 bars across 25 sections: 198 keep time, 13 are fills, 8 are stops and 53 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 128-150.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AB
BREAK 4
PART P
PART AO
OUTRO
20 groovesEABPS13S1+15Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Roundabout?

133 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 Roundabout hard to play on drums?

53 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

283 bars, about 8:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 58 exercises over 18 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Roundabout?

11 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 28, 36, 52, 90, 127, 151 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 283 BARS ANALYSED
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