Signs (V3) · Tesla

63 bars of 4/4 at a walking 78 BPM, 3:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
78 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
63
LENGTH
3:12
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6, 8-9 and 12, and 6 more places -- 20.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 78 BPM
SIGNS (V3) · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 21 and 12 more.

LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

63 bars across 11 sections: 30 keep time, 18 are fills, 6 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 44-47.

CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART G
CHORUS 3
PART G
OUTRO
6 groovesCGES7S2+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Signs (V3)?

78 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 Signs (V3) hard to play on drums?

43 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 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

63 bars, about 3:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 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 Signs (V3)?

11 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 21 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 63 BARS ANALYSED
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