a miserable life · Decalius

134 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:07 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
134
LENGTH
4:07
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38-68 -- 24.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
A MISERABLE LIFE · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 69 and 133.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 133 · LANDS ON BAR 134
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

134 bars across 10 sections: 66 keep time, 2 are fills, 52 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 38-68.

PART D
CHORUS
PART S7
PART B
OUTRO 2
8 groovesGJDS7B+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is a miserable life?

130 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 a miserable life hard to play on drums?

45 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

134 bars, about 4:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 7 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 a miserable life?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 69 and 133.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 134 BARS ANALYSED
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