catch these fists | E · Wet Leg

98 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 3:04 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
3:04
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-7, 51 and 53, and 7 more places -- 16.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 128 BPM
CATCH THESE FISTS | E · BAR 51
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 8, 24, 26, 28, 30, 34 and 12 more.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 13 sections: 60 keep time, 18 are fills and 7 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-7.

CHORUS
PART C
PART F
PART E
PART O
CHORUS 2
PART E
PART S
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesASMEF+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is catch these fists | E?

128 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 catch these fists | E hard to play on drums?

59 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 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 3:04 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 catch these fists | E?

5 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 8, 24, 26, 28, 30, 34 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 98 BARS ANALYSED
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