catch these fists · Wet Leg

99 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 3:06 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
99
LENGTH
3:06
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-15, 35-41 and 62-68 -- 21.2% 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 · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 24, 34, 46, 50, 52, 54 and 10 more.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

99 bars across 13 sections: 61 keep time, 16 are fills and 7 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-15.

CHORUS
PART E
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART E
PART B
CHORUS 3
PART F
PART H
OUTRO 2
7 groovesCBEHA+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is catch these fists?

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 hard to play on drums?

54 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 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

99 bars, about 3:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 catch these fists?

5 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 24, 34, 46, 50, 52, 54 and 10 more.

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