Sister Wisdom · Guardian

134 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 4:05 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
134
LENGTH
4:05
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17, 36 and 40, and 9 more places -- 18% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 132 BPM
SISTER WISDOM · BAR 91
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 82, 83, 84, 117, 121, 125 and 3 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 82-84 · LANDS ON BAR 85 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 117 · LANDS ON BAR 118
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 121 · LANDS ON BAR 122 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 131 · LANDS ON BAR 132

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

134 bars across 16 sections: 95 keep time, 9 are fills, 8 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 85-95.

PART D
PART E
PART C
PART E
PART E
PART M
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
10 groovesFEMCD+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sister Wisdom?

132 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 Sister Wisdom hard to play on drums?

47 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 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

134 bars, about 4:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 10 sittings, about 27 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 Sister Wisdom?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 82, 83, 84, 117, 121, 125 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 134 BARS ANALYSED
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