Calm Like a Bomb · Rage Against The Machine

185 bars of 4/4 at 149 BPM, about 4:59 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetal120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
149 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
185
LENGTH
4:59
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 85% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-41, 46 and 50, and 10 more places -- 84.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 149 BPM
CALM LIKE A BOMB · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 47, 59 and 161.

LOOP · 149 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 149 BPM
BAR 161 · LANDS ON BAR 162
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

185 bars across 6 sections: 58 keep time, 3 are fills, 111 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 130-153.

PART S2
CHORUS
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCS2AS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Calm Like a Bomb?

149 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 Calm Like a Bomb hard to play on drums?

38 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 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

185 bars, about 4:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Calm Like a Bomb?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 47, 59 and 161.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 185 BARS ANALYSED
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