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ZERO · Crossfaith

ZERO · Crossfaith
EXERCISE 2 OF 56
Groove O
17 / 114 BARS COVERED
0 / 56 PASSED · 9 BARS LIT · IN THE CHORUS, PART P
PART C
PART H
CHORUS
PART P
PART P
PART S10
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
BREAK 3
13 groovesFPCS10H+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 10
FILL · 12
LAND · 12
RUN · 2
JOIN · 10
LINK · 1
SECTION · 8
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play ZERO on drums

114 bars of 4/4 at 127 BPM, about 3:35 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

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

TEMPO
127 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
114
LENGTH
3:35
DIFFICULTY
72/100

toms through bars 2-13, hi-hat through bars 14-24, snare through bars 25-46, toms through bars 47-52, kick and crashes through bars 53-63 and hi-hat through bars 64-66, and 8 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14, 31-37 and 86-92, and 1 more place -- 16.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    14
    1.......2.......3.......4.......
CC |x-------------------------------|
HH |----o---o---o---o---o---o---o---|
SD |x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---|
BD |--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x-|
ZERO -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

12 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 5, 9, 12, 15, 21, 38 and 12 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 43 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 -- F -- 1 exercise, about 19 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- O -- 1 exercise, about 14 minutes. Open above.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- C -- 4 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  4. Through Part C and Part H -- 3 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  5. Through Part C and Part H -- 4 exercises, about 18 minutes.
  6. Through Part H and Part J -- 4 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  7. Through Part H and Part J -- 3 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  8. Through Part J and the Chorus -- 4 exercises, about 17 minutes.
  9. and 7 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is ZERO?

127 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 ZERO hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 80 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

114 bars, about 3:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 15 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 ZERO?

12 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 5, 9, 12, 15, 21, 38 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 114 BARS ANALYSED