This City · Alternative Competition 5

105 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 4:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
4:12
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 25-31, 49-55 and 96-103 -- 23.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
THIS CITY · BARS 25-26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 8, 12, 20, 36, 44, 56 and 4 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 17 sections: 68 keep time, 10 are fills, 5 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 58-77.

PART C
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART L
OUTRO 2
9 groovesHLCFA+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is This City?

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

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 4:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 7 sittings, about 28 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 This City?

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 8, 12, 20, 36, 44, 56 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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