Tom Sawyer - Rush · Rush

110 bars of 4/4 at a walking 87 BPM, 4:33 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
87 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
110
LENGTH
4:33
DIFFICULTY
92/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 35-43 and 93-95 -- 10.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 87 BPM
TOM SAWYER - RUSH · BARS 35-36
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 46 times: bars 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21 and 40 more.

LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 87 BPM
BARS 15-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

110 bars across 12 sections: 43 keep time, 46 are fills and 6 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 35-43.

PART F
PART G
PART O
PART V
CHORUS
PART AO
PART O
PART V
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesYOVGAO+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Tom Sawyer - Rush?

87 BPM, in 4/4, 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 Tom Sawyer - Rush hard to play on drums?

92 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

110 bars, about 4:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 21 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Tom Sawyer - Rush?

16 fills to learn, played 46 times: bars 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21 and 40 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 110 BARS ANALYSED
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