Carry Stress in the Jaw (No Spy) · Mr. Bungle

215 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 5:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
215
LENGTH
5:57
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-18, 33-40 and 178-184 -- 12.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
CARRY STRESS IN THE JAW (NO SPY) · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 19, 20, 21, 41, 60, 70 and 37 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 19-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 70 · LANDS ON BAR 71

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

215 bars across 22 sections: 131 keep time, 44 are fills, 9 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 115-134.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AA
PART AF
PART A
PART BI
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
17 groovesDAFABIAA+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Carry Stress in the Jaw (No Spy)?

140 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 Carry Stress in the Jaw (No Spy) hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

215 bars, about 5:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 exercises over 18 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 Carry Stress in the Jaw (No Spy)?

12 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 19, 20, 21, 41, 60, 70 and 37 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 215 BARS ANALYSED
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