Sunday Bloody Sunday (A04) by RG · U2

117 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 4:33 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Rock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewerIntermediate
TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
4:33
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 20, 22 and 24, and 21 more places -- 22.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 102 BPM
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY (A04) BY RG · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 14, 55, 103, 106, 107, 109 and 4 more.

LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 103 · LANDS ON BAR 104 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BARS 106-107 · LANDS ON BAR 108 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BARS 109-111 · LANDS ON BAR 112 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 12 sections: 87 keep time, 10 are fills and 2 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 24-44.

PART D
CHORUS
PART F
PART K
PART B
PART L
OUTRO
7 groovesIBDKF+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sunday Bloody Sunday (A04) by RG?

102 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 Sunday Bloody Sunday (A04) by RG hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 4:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 16 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Sunday Bloody Sunday (A04) by RG?

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 14, 55, 103, 106, 107, 109 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 117 BARS ANALYSED
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