Sorrow · David Gilmour

341 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 11:22 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
341
LENGTH
11:22
DIFFICULTY
36/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 43% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-27, 29-31 and 33-47, and 16 more places -- 43.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
SORROW · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 32, 107, 108, 156, 256, 263 and 5 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 107-108 · LANDS ON BAR 109 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 156 · LANDS ON BAR 157
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 256 · LANDS ON BAR 257

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

341 bars across 28 sections: 223 keep time, 11 are fills, 63 are stops and 23 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 202-216.

CHORUS
CHORUS 3
PART A
PART A
OUTRO 2
10 groovesDABGS16+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sorrow?

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 Sorrow hard to play on drums?

36 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 13 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

341 bars, about 11:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 12 sittings, about 25 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 Sorrow?

9 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 32, 107, 108, 156, 256, 263 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 341 BARS ANALYSED
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