The Gift · Kevin Sherwood

141 bars of 4/4 at 129 BPM, about 4:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
129 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
141
LENGTH
4:20
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 52, 54 and 56, and 8 more places -- 11.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 129 BPM
THE GIFT · BAR 52
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

25 fills to learn, played 62 times: bars 8, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 and 56 more.

LOOP · 129 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 129 BPM
BARS 15-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 129 BPM
BARS 22-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 129 BPM
BARS 25-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

21 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

141 bars across 17 sections: 52 keep time, 62 are fills, 3 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-14.

PART D
PART L
CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART AQ
OUTRO 2
10 groovesZLOAMD+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Gift?

129 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 The Gift hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

141 bars, about 4:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 62 exercises over 20 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in The Gift?

25 fills to learn, played 62 times: bars 8, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 and 56 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 141 BARS ANALYSED
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