The bell tolls · a picture of her

131 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
131
LENGTH
4:22
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 5-6, 9-10 and 13-14, and 3 more places -- 10.9% 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
THE BELL TOLLS · BARS 5-6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 20, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33 and 17 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 28-31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 33-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

131 bars across 15 sections: 78 keep time, 23 are fills, 2 are stops and 21 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-19.

CHORUS
PART P
PART U
PART Z
BREAK 2
PART AD
PART AH
PART AN
13 groovesCUZADAN+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The bell tolls?

120 BPM, in 4/4, 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 The bell tolls hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

131 bars, about 4:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 19 sittings, about 23 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 The bell tolls?

13 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 20, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33 and 17 more.

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