Stormbound · Kevin Sherwood

161 bars of 6/4 -- not four -- at 120 BPM, 7:59 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
6/4
BARS
161
LENGTH
7:59
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 2-4, 6-7 and 10-12, and 3 more places -- 14% 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
STORMBOUND · BARS 2-3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 25, 37, 62, 66, 95 and 108.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 95 · LANDS ON BAR 96

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

161 bars across 13 sections: 86 keep time, 6 are fills, 3 are stops and 54 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-24.

PART B
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART S8
PART AH
BREAK 3
10 groovesS13KBHAH+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Stormbound?

120 BPM, in 6/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Stormbound hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

161 bars, about 7:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Stormbound?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 25, 37, 62, 66, 95 and 108.

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