Saving Grace. · KIRBY

98 bars of 4/4 at 133 BPM, about 2:56 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
133 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
2:56
DIFFICULTY
36/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 84% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-12, 14-20 and 22-36, and 4 more places -- 84.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 133 BPM
SAVING GRACE. · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 1, 13, 21, 53 and 69.

LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 3 sections: 76 keep time, 5 are fills, 6 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-52.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBS2IFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Saving Grace.?

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 Saving Grace. hard to play on drums?

36 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 14 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 2:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 10 exercises over 3 sittings, about 24 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 Saving Grace.?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 1, 13, 21, 53 and 69.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 98 BARS ANALYSED
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