Sockets (adjusted) · SOFT PLAY

156 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:11 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
156
LENGTH
5:11
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 47% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35-39, 42-48 and 67-71, and 8 more places -- 46.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
SOCKETS (ADJUSTED) · BAR 39
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 16, 17 and 129.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 129 · LANDS ON BAR 130
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

156 bars across 11 sections: 97 keep time, 4 are fills, 30 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 100-128.

COUNT-IN
PART E
PART F
CHORUS
PART F
PART F
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesGFS1ES2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sockets (adjusted)?

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 Sockets (adjusted) hard to play on drums?

40 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

156 bars, about 5:11 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 6 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Sockets (adjusted)?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 16, 17 and 129.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 156 BARS ANALYSED
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