When It Lands · Rainbow Kitten Surprise

118 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieCountry / Folk120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
118
LENGTH
4:24
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-16 and 43-50 -- 19.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
WHEN IT LANDS · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 36, 63, 64, 65, 66 and 98.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 63-66 · LANDS ON BAR 67 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 98 · LANDS ON BAR 99
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

118 bars across 14 sections: 83 keep time, 6 are fills, 3 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-16.

PART B
CHORUS
PART E
PART G
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART M
PART Q
PART S
OUTRO
BREAK
12 groovesCBSEM+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is When It Lands?

120 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 When It Lands hard to play on drums?

52 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 0 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

118 bars, about 4:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 11 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 When It Lands?

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 36, 63, 64, 65, 66 and 98.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 118 BARS ANALYSED
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