the sun, the moon, the stars · Aether Realm

1137 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 137 BPM, 25:57 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
137 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
1137
LENGTH
25:57
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 168-176, 181 and 225, and 14 more places -- 11% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 137 BPM
THE SUN, THE MOON, THE STARS · BAR 169
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

52 fills to learn, played 117 times: bars 16, 22, 24, 32, 36, 39 and 111 more.

LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33

48 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

1137 bars across 94 sections: 502 keep time, 125 are fills, 217 are stops and 200 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 538-571.

62 groovesAOALAKS9AA+57Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is the sun, the moon, the stars?

137 BPM, in 3/4, 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 sun, the moon, the stars hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 70 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

1137 bars, about 25:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 265 exercises over 76 sittings, about 27 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 sun, the moon, the stars?

52 fills to learn, played 117 times: bars 16, 22, 24, 32, 36, 39 and 111 more.

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