Tom Sawyer v3 · Rush

107 bars of 4/4 at a walking 85 BPM, 4:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockProgressiveUnder 90 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
107
LENGTH
4:44
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35-41, 43 and 91, and 1 more place -- 9.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 85 BPM
TOM SAWYER V3 · BAR 36
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 30 and 25 more.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20
LOOP · 85 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

107 bars across 14 sections: 58 keep time, 31 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-11.

PART C
PART H
CHORUS
PART W
PART AK
OUTRO 2
9 groovesTWCPA+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Tom Sawyer v3?

85 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 v3 hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 74 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

107 bars, about 4:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 22 sittings, about 24 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 v3?

16 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 30 and 25 more.

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