such a thrill to be with you again · drug bug

102 bars of 4/4 at 148 BPM, about 2:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
148 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
102
LENGTH
2:45
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 40% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 9-14, 17-22 and 25-30, and 4 more places -- 40.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 148 BPM
SUCH A THRILL TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN · BARS 9-10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 4, 6, 8, 16, 23, 24 and 11 more.

LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BARS 23-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

102 bars across 7 sections: 72 keep time, 17 are fills, 5 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 65-78.

CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
5 groovesFLS2S1S6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is such a thrill to be with you again?

148 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 such a thrill to be with you again hard to play on drums?

61 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 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

102 bars, about 2:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 20 exercises over 6 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high 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 such a thrill to be with you again?

7 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 4, 6, 8, 16, 23, 24 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 102 BARS ANALYSED
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