sptf · dydi

225 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 7:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
225
LENGTH
7:30
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33, 155 and 157, and 5 more places -- 8.3% 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
SPTF · BAR 155
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 55 times: bars 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 30 and 49 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 18-19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 41-42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

225 bars across 18 sections: 92 keep time, 56 are fills, 29 are stops and 33 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 185-201.

PART B
PART N
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART W
PART S11
PART S14
PART AC
PART AD
14 groovesFS11BCAC+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is sptf?

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 sptf hard to play on drums?

58 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 13 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

225 bars, about 7:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 58 exercises over 19 sittings, about 24 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 sptf?

9 fills to learn, played 55 times: bars 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 30 and 49 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 225 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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