The Recluse · Cursive

70 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 3:05 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
70
LENGTH
3:05
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 56% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-4, 13-21 and 26-43, and 5 more places -- 55.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 90 BPM
THE RECLUSE · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 24, 25, 53, 61 and 69.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 24-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

70 bars across 9 sections: 56 keep time, 5 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-43.

INTRO
PART C
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART C
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBCDFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Recluse?

90 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 Recluse hard to play on drums?

54 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

70 bars, about 3:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 5 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Recluse?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 24, 25, 53, 61 and 69.

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