Cherub Rock · Smashing Pumpkins

108 bars of 4/4 at a walking 87 BPM, 4:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
87 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
4:57
DIFFICULTY
92/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33, 35 and 53, and 13 more places -- 15% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 87 BPM
CHERUB ROCK · BAR 33
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 9, 10, 16, 17, 24, 27 and 21 more.

LOOP · 87 BPM
BARS 9-10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BARS 30-31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 13 sections: 62 keep time, 27 are fills, 1 is a stop and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 80-88.

PART D
PART G
CHORUS
PART U
CHORUS 2
PART U
PART E
PART T
PART AH
OUTRO
10 groovesNUABAHT+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cherub Rock?

87 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 Cherub Rock hard to play on drums?

92 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 78 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 4:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 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, 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 Cherub Rock?

12 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 9, 10, 16, 17, 24, 27 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 108 BARS ANALYSED
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