Seven · iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook

114 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
114
LENGTH
3:48
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 97-103, 105-107 and 109-111 -- 15.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
SEVEN · BARS 97-98
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 33, 34, 38, 42, 54, 58 and 6 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

114 bars across 11 sections: 51 keep time, 12 are fills, 11 are stops and 31 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 98-112.

PART C
CHORUS
PART J
PART I
PART S7
PART U
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesS3AGUIJ+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Seven?

120 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 Seven hard to play on drums?

63 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 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

114 bars, about 3:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Seven?

8 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 33, 34, 38, 42, 54, 58 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 114 BARS ANALYSED
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