Violet Hill · Coldplay

48 bars of 4/4 at a walking 76 BPM, 2:27 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePopUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
76 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
48
LENGTH
2:27
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 55% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9-11 and 17-19, and 5 more places -- 54.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 76 BPM
VIOLET HILL · BAR 7
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 12, 20, 28 and 44.

LOOP · 76 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 76 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

48 bars across 2 sections: 31 keep time, 4 are fills, 9 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 33-43.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Violet Hill?

76 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 Violet Hill hard to play on drums?

35 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

48 bars, about 2:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 30 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Violet Hill?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 12, 20, 28 and 44.

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