ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Universe Of Trues Part 2 on drums

93 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 3:02 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO: 132 BPM
TIME: 4/4
BARS: 93
LENGTH: 3:02
DIFFICULTY: 59/100

toms through bars 1-9, hi-hat through bars 10-32, snare through bars 33-34, hi-hat through bars 35-62, snare through bars 63-70 and toms through bars 71-84, and 2 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 2-4, 6-8 and 26-28, and 3 more places -- 21.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    2                                                3
    1...........2...........3...........4........... 1...........2...........3...........4...........
CC |x-----------------------------------x-----x-----|------------------------------------------------|
HH |------------o-----------o-----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
SD |------------------------x-----------------------|------------x-x-x-x-----------------------------|
FT |------------------------------------------------|------------------------x-----x-----------------|
BD |x-----------------x-----------------x-----x-----|------x-----------------------------x-----x-----|

Universe Of Trues Part 2 -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

5 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 1, 5, 9, 25, 29, 63 and 14 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 34 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

The grooves the song is built on -- B -- 6 exercises, about 30 minutes.
The grooves the song is built on -- F -- 1 exercise, about 16 minutes.
The grooves the song is built on -- K -- 2 exercises, about 20 minutes. Open above.
Through the Chorus and Part F -- 5 exercises, about 29 minutes.
Bars 10-38 -- 6 exercises, about 28 minutes.
Through Part K and Part N -- 4 exercises, about 27 minutes.
Bars 50-60 -- 2 exercises, about 21 minutes.
Through Part Q and Part T -- 3 exercises, about 23 minutes.
and 3 more sittings after that.

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Questions

What BPM is Universe Of Trues Part 2?

132 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 Universe Of Trues Part 2 hard to play on drums?

59 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 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

93 bars, about 3:02 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 11 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Universe Of Trues Part 2?

5 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 1, 5, 9, 25, 29, 63 and 14 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 93 BARS ANALYSED