Waves · Gtuhrie Govan

94 bars of 4/4 at a walking 78 BPM, 4:49 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Jazz / BluesProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
78 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
94
LENGTH
4:49
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-8, 10-12 and 14, and 3 more places -- 15.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 78 BPM
WAVES · BAR 8
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 16, 23, 24, 36, 44, 48 and 14 more.

LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 78 BPM
BARS 23-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

94 bars across 8 sections: 57 keep time, 20 are fills, 1 is a stop and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-15.

PART C
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART AC
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesHANCAFAC+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Waves?

78 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 Waves hard to play on drums?

75 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?

94 bars, about 4:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Waves?

17 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 16, 23, 24, 36, 44, 48 and 14 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 94 BARS ANALYSED
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