Chernobyl Hamster · Nuclear Rabbit

160 bars of 4/4 at 148 BPM, about 4:31 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
148 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
160
LENGTH
4:31
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21-23 and 25-26, and 9 more places -- 16.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 148 BPM
CHERNOBYL HAMSTER · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 16, 20, 24, 28, 40, 44 and 10 more.

LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

160 bars across 19 sections: 108 keep time, 16 are fills, 2 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-11.

PART E
CHORUS
PART N
PART P
CHORUS 3
PART N
CHORUS 4
PART N
PART BA
PART AU
OUTRO
11 groovesINPAUE+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Chernobyl Hamster?

148 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 Chernobyl Hamster hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

160 bars, about 4:31 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 20 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Chernobyl Hamster?

10 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 16, 20, 24, 28, 40, 44 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 160 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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