Simple Step · Vulf

84 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:48 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
84
LENGTH
2:48
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-15, 21 and 23, and 9 more places -- 37.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
SIMPLE STEP · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 83 and 84.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 83-84 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

84 bars across 10 sections: 66 keep time, 2 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 69-82.

PART B
CHORUS
PART E
PART I
PART E
PART I
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDEBIS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Simple Step?

120 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 Simple Step hard to play on drums?

41 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 16 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

84 bars, about 2:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 8 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in Simple Step?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 83 and 84.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 84 BARS ANALYSED
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