Small Crimes · Failure

213 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 7:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
213
LENGTH
7:06
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 82, 84-86 and 88, and 17 more places -- 16.7% 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
SMALL CRIMES · BAR 82
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 145 and 1 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 137-141 · LANDS ON BAR 142 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 145 · LANDS ON BAR 146
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 193 · LANDS ON BAR 194
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

213 bars across 14 sections: 136 keep time, 7 are fills, 21 are stops and 33 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 146-178.

PART C
PART B
PART S5
PART B
PART F
PART J
CHORUS
OUTRO 2
12 groovesLBFRJ+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Small Crimes?

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 Small Crimes hard to play on drums?

37 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

213 bars, about 7:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 11 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Small Crimes?

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 145 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 213 BARS ANALYSED
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