Sorrow · Alternative Competition 5

74 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 2:44 of playing, on hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
74
LENGTH
2:44
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-16, 18-20 and 22-24, and 7 more places -- 41.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 108 BPM
SORROW · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

74 bars across 8 sections: 62 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 15-28.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCBAS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sorrow?

108 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 Sorrow 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 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

74 bars, about 2:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

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