Block of Flats · Loathe

156 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 4:43 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
156
LENGTH
4:43
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 118-124, 126-132 and 134-137 -- 12.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BLOCK OF FLATS · BAR 118
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 39 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 24-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 28-33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 36-37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

156 bars across 19 sections: 78 keep time, 45 are fills, 1 is a stop and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-52.

BREAK
PART S5
PART T
PART W
PART J
PART AI
PART AN
PART AR
PART AU
CHORUS
PART S17
OUTRO
17 groovesBAJWTAU+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Block of Flats?

132 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 Block of Flats hard to play on drums?

57 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

156 bars, about 4:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 18 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Block of Flats?

14 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 39 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 156 BARS ANALYSED
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