(solo) A Result of Forgetting · Pear Jelly

125 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:01 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
125
LENGTH
4:01
DIFFICULTY
88/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 23-25, 27-29 and 31-33, and 5 more places -- 19.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
(SOLO) A RESULT OF FORGETTING · BARS 23-24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 26 and 22 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 1-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

127 bars across 12 sections: 80 keep time, 28 are fills, 2 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 7-21.

CHORUS
PART I
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART I
PART T
PART W
PART AA
PART I
8 groovesFIAAMW+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is (solo) A Result of Forgetting?

125 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 (solo) A Result of Forgetting hard to play on drums?

88 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

125 bars, about 4:01 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 14 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in (solo) A Result of Forgetting?

11 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 26 and 22 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 125 BARS ANALYSED
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