Soldat · STURMMANN

105 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:30
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-25, 39-46 and 56-62 -- 21.9% 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
SOLDAT · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 13, 17, 38, 63, 67, 83 and 3 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 67 · LANDS ON BAR 68 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 4 sections: 39 keep time, 11 are fills and 53 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 39-46.

PART B
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesGJMBFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Soldat?

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

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 5 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Soldat?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 13, 17, 38, 63, 67, 83 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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