Within the Realm of Possibility · Nospun

495 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 13:46 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
495
LENGTH
13:46
DIFFICULTY
50/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6, 8-10 and 12-14, and 45 more places -- 22.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY · BAR 6
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

49 fills to learn, played 125 times: bars 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30 and 119 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 22-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 29-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 36-39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46

45 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

495 bars across 33 sections: 171 keep time, 125 are fills, 114 are stops and 55 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 250-266.

CHORUS
PART S16
PART DA
23 groovesBDAS16AAC+18Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Within the Realm of Possibility?

140 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 Within the Realm of Possibility hard to play on drums?

50 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 8 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

495 bars, about 13:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 140 exercises over 37 sittings, about 28 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 Within the Realm of Possibility?

49 fills to learn, played 125 times: bars 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30 and 119 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 495 BARS ANALYSED
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