Transition from Bellau wood into cold leather Jacket · DECIBEL

53 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 1:25 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

150 BPM and upIntermediate
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
53
LENGTH
1:25
DIFFICULTY
50/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-27, 29-31 and 42-43 -- 15.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
TRANSITION FROM BELLAU WOOD INTO COLD LEATHER JACKET · BAR 26
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 5, 7, 8, 32, 33 and 49.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 32-33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

53 bars across 12 sections: 28 keep time, 6 are fills, 7 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 35-41.

PART B
BREAK
BREAK 3
PART I
CHORUS
VERSE
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesJBNIR+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Transition from Bellau wood into cold leather Jacket?

150 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 Transition from Bellau wood into cold leather Jacket hard to play on drums?

50 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

53 bars, about 1:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 8 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Transition from Bellau wood into cold leather Jacket?

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 5, 7, 8, 32, 33 and 49.

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