Better Off Dead · Ingested

146 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:19 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
146
LENGTH
4:19
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-28, 45 and 47, and 11 more places -- 21.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BETTER OFF DEAD · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 11, 12, 15, 16, 30, 32 and 17 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 11-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

146 bars across 18 sections: 72 keep time, 23 are fills, 19 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 21-28.

COUNT-IN
PART C
CHORUS
PART L
PART S
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART S
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
12 groovesHSLAQV+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Better Off Dead?

135 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 Better Off Dead hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

146 bars, about 4:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 58 exercises over 19 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Better Off Dead?

16 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 11, 12, 15, 16, 30, 32 and 17 more.

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