A Miserable Life... (full version) · Decalius

136 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
136
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 102-133 -- 24.2% 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... (FULL VERSION) · BAR 103
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 45, 53, 61, 69, 77, 85 and 2 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 77 · LANDS ON BAR 78
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 85 · LANDS ON BAR 86 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

136 bars across 10 sections: 69 keep time, 9 are fills, 48 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 103-133.

PART E
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesPGEKD+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Miserable Life... (full version)?

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... (full version) hard to play on drums?

44 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

136 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 7 sittings, about 23 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 A Miserable Life... (full version)?

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 45, 53, 61, 69, 77, 85 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 136 BARS ANALYSED
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