Top of the Bill · Gurriers

121 bars of 4/4 at 126 BPM, about 3:50 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
126 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
121
LENGTH
3:50
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 62% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10, 12 and 14, and 26 more places -- 61.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 126 BPM
TOP OF THE BILL · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 81 and 121.

LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82
LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 121
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

121 bars across 6 sections: 105 keep time, 2 are fills and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-54.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBDS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Top of the Bill?

126 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 Top of the Bill hard to play on drums?

55 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 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

121 bars, about 3:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 3 sittings, about 31 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Top of the Bill?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 81 and 121.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 121 BARS ANALYSED
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