The Morrisist · Sleep

158 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
158
LENGTH
4:21
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 19-23, 31 and 43-45, and 5 more places -- 18.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
THE MORRISIST · BARS 19-20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 15, 16, 20, 24, 32, 46 and 18 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

158 bars across 16 sections: 43 keep time, 24 are fills, 61 are stops and 21 are silent.

CHORUS
PART A
PART S3
PART A
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART F
CHORUS 4
CHORUS 5
OUTRO
10 groovesCAJFS3+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Morrisist?

145 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 Morrisist hard to play on drums?

41 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

158 bars, about 4:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 7 sittings, about 25 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 Morrisist?

9 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 15, 16, 20, 24, 32, 46 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 158 BARS ANALYSED
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