Bullets · Creed

153 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 123 BPM, 3:44 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33-40, 57-59 and 61-63, and 7 more places -- 21.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BULLETS · BAR 57
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 32, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88 and 9 more.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 15 sections: 118 keep time, 15 are fills, 3 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-31.

PART A
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART D
CHORUS 3
PART O
PART R
PART T
CHORUS 4
10 groovesCADRO+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bullets?

123 BPM, in 3/4, 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 Bullets hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 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 Bullets?

10 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 32, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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