Secrets. · an evening at elmwood

113 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 4:31 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
4:31
DIFFICULTY
84/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-18, 21-22 and 41-42, and 7 more places -- 19.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
SECRETS. · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 32, 56 and 112.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 112 · LANDS ON BAR 113
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 16 sections: 81 keep time, 3 are fills, 3 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 86-102.

PART C
PART G
PART J
PART K
PART O
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
15 groovesQCJOR+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Secrets.?

100 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 Secrets. hard to play on drums?

84 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 4:31 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 17 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Secrets.?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 32, 56 and 112.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 113 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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