Cell Out · NOFX

60 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:00 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
60
LENGTH
2:00
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 90% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-7, 9-15 and 17-23, and 3 more places -- 90% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
CELL OUT · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 8, 16, 24, 28 and 44.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

60 bars: 54 keep time, 5 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-60.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cell Out?

120 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 Cell Out hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

60 bars, about 2:00 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 3 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Cell Out?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 8, 16, 24, 28 and 44.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 60 BARS ANALYSED
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