Wait · M83

49 bars, 2:39, at 74 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

Alternative / IndieElectronicUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
74 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
49
LENGTH
2:39
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23, 26-27 and 29-31, and 3 more places -- 24.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 74 BPM
WAIT · BAR 26
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 16, 20, 28, 32, 36, 39 and 7 more.

LOOP · 74 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 74 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 74 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 74 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

49 bars across 4 sections: 28 keep time, 13 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-12.

COUNT-IN
PART B
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesGCBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Wait?

74 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Wait hard to play on drums?

62 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

49 bars, about 2:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 6 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Wait?

7 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 16, 20, 28, 32, 36, 39 and 7 more.

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