White Queen · queen

168 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:35 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
168
LENGTH
5:35
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 88, 90 and 92, and 10 more places -- 9.6% 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
WHITE QUEEN · BAR 90
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 29, 34, 42, 44, 46, 58 and 8 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

168 bars across 8 sections: 26 keep time, 14 are fills, 92 are stops and 32 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 54-57.

PART A
PART S3
PART S6
OUTRO
7 groovesOS3S6AK+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is White Queen?

120 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 White Queen hard to play on drums?

39 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 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

168 bars, about 5:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 7 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 White Queen?

11 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 29, 34, 42, 44, 46, 58 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 168 BARS ANALYSED
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