Classical Gas · Mason Williams

103 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 3:55 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PopRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
103
LENGTH
3:55
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 57-63, 65 and 67-73, and 2 more places -- 19.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
CLASSICAL GAS · BAR 58
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 42, 43, 46, 48, 53, 54 and 9 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

103 bars across 13 sections: 56 keep time, 15 are fills, 5 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 65-73.

COUNT-IN
PART E
PART F
PART J
PART N
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesACJFS1E+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Classical Gas?

100 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 Classical Gas hard to play on drums?

56 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 57 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

103 bars, about 3:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 9 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Classical Gas?

9 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 42, 43, 46, 48, 53, 54 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 103 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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