Running Up That Hill · loveless

101 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 3:44 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
101
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5, 7-8 and 27, and 8 more places -- 18.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
RUNNING UP THAT HILL · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 1, 2, 6, 11, 12, 13 and 31 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 11-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 16-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

101 bars across 15 sections: 32 keep time, 37 are fills and 14 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 48-51.

CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART R
PART J
PART Z
CHORUS 3
PART D
PART AI
PART AC
OUTRO 2
11 groovesCDJAIR+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Running Up That Hill?

108 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 Running Up That Hill hard to play on drums?

57 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

101 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 16 sittings, about 26 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 Running Up That Hill?

21 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 1, 2, 6, 11, 12, 13 and 31 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 101 BARS ANALYSED
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