Sapphire · Alcest

90 bars, 5:48, at 62 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

MetalAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
62 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
90
LENGTH
5:48
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-16, 18 and 20, and 7 more places -- 18.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 62 BPM
SAPPHIRE · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 8, 12, 17, 21, 25, 29 and 22 more.

LOOP · 62 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 62 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 62 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 62 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

90 bars across 10 sections: 43 keep time, 28 are fills, 5 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 54-60.

PART B
CHORUS
PART K
PART P
CHORUS 2
VERSE
PART K
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesDKPVB+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sapphire?

62 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Sapphire hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

90 bars, about 5:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 11 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Sapphire?

12 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 8, 12, 17, 21, 25, 29 and 22 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 90 BARS ANALYSED
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