Sailor Song at Coachella · Gigi Perez

188 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 7:56 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
188
LENGTH
7:56
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 68-74, 76-82 and 96-98 -- 17% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 95 BPM
SAILOR SONG AT COACHELLA · BAR 68
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 18, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 12 more.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 25-31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 83 · LANDS ON BAR 84
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 87 · LANDS ON BAR 88

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

188 bars across 15 sections: 62 keep time, 18 are fills, 10 are stops and 88 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 67-82.

COUNT-IN
PART A
BREAK
CHORUS
PART U
BREAK 3
PART AA
OUTRO
14 groovesS12RAFS5A+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sailor Song at Coachella?

95 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Sailor Song at Coachella hard to play on drums?

60 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

188 bars, about 7:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 16 sittings, about 25 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 Sailor Song at Coachella?

10 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 18, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 188 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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