Zu nah an der Wahrheit · Bo

100 bars, 6:09, at 65 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
65 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
100
LENGTH
6:09
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 83% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-19, 21-27 and 29-43, and 6 more places -- 82.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 65 BPM
ZU NAH AN DER WAHRHEIT · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 4, 20, 28, 44, 52, 68 and 5 more.

LOOP · 65 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 65 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 65 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77
LOOP · 65 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

100 bars across 3 sections: 85 keep time, 11 are fills and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-19.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesCGS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Zu nah an der Wahrheit?

65 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Zu nah an der Wahrheit 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 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

100 bars, about 6:09 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 3 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Zu nah an der Wahrheit?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 4, 20, 28, 44, 52, 68 and 5 more.

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