Test For Echo · Rush

194 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:55 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
194
LENGTH
5:55
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37, 39 and 41, and 11 more places -- 12.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
TEST FOR ECHO · BAR 44
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27 and 31 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 20-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

194 bars across 21 sections: 123 keep time, 37 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 28-38.

PART A
PART F
PART Q
CHORUS 2
PART AE
PART Q
PART Z
OUTRO 2
12 groovesLQZBF+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Test For Echo?

130 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 Test For Echo hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

194 bars, about 5:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 74 exercises over 25 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 Test For Echo?

13 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27 and 31 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 194 BARS ANALYSED
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