The Logical Song · Supertramp

131 bars of 4/4 at 119 BPM, about 4:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PopRock90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
119 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
131
LENGTH
4:08
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18, 20-21 and 24, and 10 more places -- 19.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 119 BPM
THE LOGICAL SONG · BAR 98
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 16, 17, 48, 54, 96, 100 and 4 more.

LOOP · 119 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 119 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 119 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55
LOOP · 119 BPM
BAR 100 · LANDS ON BAR 101 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

131 bars across 13 sections: 98 keep time, 10 are fills, 1 is a stop and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-43.

BREAK
CHORUS
PART H
PART M
PART J
PART H
PART J
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
8 groovesEHJMS2+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Logical Song?

119 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 Logical Song hard to play on drums?

53 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

131 bars, about 4:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Logical Song?

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 16, 17, 48, 54, 96, 100 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 131 BARS ANALYSED
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