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Waltz in E-Major, Op. 15 "Moon Waltz" · Cojum Dip

EXERCISE 1 OF 42
Groove I -- Part I
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COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
BREAK
PART I
CHORUS 3
PART N
OUTRO 2
8 groovesCIYS5N+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 10
FILL · 7
LAND · 7
RUN · 2
JOIN · 7
LINK · 3
SECTION · 5
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Waltz in E-Major, Op. 15 "Moon Waltz" on drums

144 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 90 BPM, 4:48 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
144
LENGTH
4:48
DIFFICULTY
71/100

silence through bars 1-9, snare through bars 10-15, ride through bars 16-17, hi-hat through bars 18-33, snare through bars 34-39 and ride through bars 40-41, and 14 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-20, 22-28 and 30-32, and 3 more places -- 20.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    19
    1.......2.......3.......
HH |xxxxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
SD |------------x-----------|
BD |x---x-------------------|
Waltz in E-Major, Op. 15 "Moon Waltz" -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

7 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 10, 15, 16, 17, 33, 34 and 13 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.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- I -- 1 exercise, about 17 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- C -- 3 exercises, about 23 minutes.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- Y -- 1 exercise, about 12 minutes.
  4. Through the Chorus -- 1 exercise, about 19 minutes.
  5. Through the Chorus and Part I -- 4 exercises, about 31 minutes.
  6. Through the Chorus and Part I -- 3 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  7. Through Part I and the Chorus 2 -- 7 exercises, about 31 minutes.
  8. Bars 47-106 -- 7 exercises, about 31 minutes.
  9. and 4 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is Waltz in E-Major, Op. 15 "Moon Waltz"?

90 BPM, in 3/4, 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 Waltz in E-Major, Op. 15 "Moon Waltz" hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

144 bars, about 4:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 12 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, 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 Waltz in E-Major, Op. 15 "Moon Waltz"?

7 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 10, 15, 16, 17, 33, 34 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 144 BARS ANALYSED