Sparks · Coldplay

83 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 69 BPM, 3:37 of playing on ride, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieJazz / BluesUnder 90 BPMShuffle / tripletFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
69 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
83
LENGTH
3:37
DIFFICULTY
22/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-83 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 69 BPM
SPARKS · BAR 5
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

83 bars across 2 sections: 79 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-83.

OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sparks?

69 BPM, in 3/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Sparks hard to play on drums?

22 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 8 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

83 bars, about 3:37 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 3 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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