Slow Dance Tune For Abigail · febuary

65 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 2:53 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
65
LENGTH
2:53
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-26, 49-51 and 53-55 -- 13.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 90 BPM
SLOW DANCE TUNE FOR ABIGAIL · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 12, 18, 20, 21, 22, 28 and 8 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 20-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

65 bars across 8 sections: 37 keep time, 14 are fills, 1 is a stop and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 33-40.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART H
PART K
PART M
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesDKTBI+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Slow Dance Tune For Abigail?

90 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 Slow Dance Tune For Abigail 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 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

65 bars, about 2:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 8 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 Slow Dance Tune For Abigail?

7 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 12, 18, 20, 21, 22, 28 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 65 BARS ANALYSED
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