Spy Dolphin (AI) · Delta Sleep

180 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 5:27 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

150 BPM and upAdvanced
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
180
LENGTH
5:27
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19, 21 and 23, and 9 more places -- 11.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
SPY DOLPHIN (AI) · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 46 times: bars 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 40 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 6-10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 12-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

180 bars across 15 sections: 73 keep time, 47 are fills, 6 are stops and 37 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 20-45.

CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART AX
PART BD
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
14 groovesBLS15BDBN+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Spy Dolphin (AI)?

150 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 Spy Dolphin (AI) hard to play on drums?

53 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 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

180 bars, about 5:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 19 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Spy Dolphin (AI)?

16 fills to learn, played 46 times: bars 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 40 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 180 BARS ANALYSED
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