Biscuits for Smut · Helmet

64 bars of 4/4 at a walking 96 BPM, 2:40 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
96 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
64
LENGTH
2:40
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 46% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-16, 21-28 and 33-40 -- 45.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 96 BPM
BISCUITS FOR SMUT · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 4, 20, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 5 more.

LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 96 BPM
BARS 41-46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

64 bars across 8 sections: 42 keep time, 11 are fills, 1 is a stop and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-16.

CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART F
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesCODFM+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Biscuits for Smut?

96 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 Biscuits for Smut hard to play on drums?

60 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 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

64 bars, about 2:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 8 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Biscuits for Smut?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 4, 20, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 64 BARS ANALYSED
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