Cats In The Cradle V2 · Ugly Kid Joe

147 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 3:53 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockAlternative / Indie150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
147
LENGTH
3:53
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 24-32, 54-62 and 83-94, and 5 more places -- 40.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 150 BPM
CATS IN THE CRADLE V2 · BAR 127
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 23, 53, 81, 82, 96, 125 and 3 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 81-82 · LANDS ON BAR 83 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 125-126 · LANDS ON BAR 127 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 137 · LANDS ON BAR 138

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

147 bars across 10 sections: 93 keep time, 9 are fills, 10 are stops and 27 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 100-117.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART E
CHORUS 3
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDES1S9FFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cats In The Cradle V2?

150 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 Cats In The Cradle V2 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 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

147 bars, about 3:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 6 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Cats In The Cradle V2?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 23, 53, 81, 82, 96, 125 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 147 BARS ANALYSED
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