sting · Kai Angel

61 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 2:03 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
61
LENGTH
2:03
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 50% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14, 18 and 21-36, and 3 more places -- 50% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 118 BPM
STING · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 8, 12, 40, 42 and 46.

LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

61 bars across 8 sections: 13 keep time, 5 are fills, 33 are stops and 5 are silent.

PART A
PART H
CHORUS
PART A
OUTRO
6 groovesGAHS1S8+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is sting?

118 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 sting hard to play on drums?

34 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 19 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

61 bars, about 2:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 3 sittings, about 27 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 sting?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 8, 12, 40, 42 and 46.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 61 BARS ANALYSED
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