Careful With That Axe, Eugene · Pink Floyd

140 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 7:00 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockElectronicUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
7:00
DIFFICULTY
50/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 46% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 20-51, 60-74 and 116-131 -- 46% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 80 BPM
CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE, EUGENE · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 75, 79, 83, 87, 91, 93 and 4 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 75 · LANDS ON BAR 76
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 79 · LANDS ON BAR 80 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 83 · LANDS ON BAR 84 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 87 · LANDS ON BAR 88 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 13 sections: 107 keep time, 11 are fills and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 21-51.

PART E
CHORUS
PART N
CHORUS 2
PART R
PART V
PART R
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesMVERN+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Careful With That Axe, Eugene?

80 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 Careful With That Axe, Eugene hard to play on drums?

50 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 7:00 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 13 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Careful With That Axe, Eugene?

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 75, 79, 83, 87, 91, 93 and 4 more.

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