Consuming A Neutron Star · Cytocyst

43 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 1:43 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
43
LENGTH
1:43
DIFFICULTY
92/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-8, 10-12 and 22-24 -- 22.5% 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
CONSUMING A NEUTRON STAR · BAR 6
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25 and 7 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

43 bars across 6 sections: 22 keep time, 13 are fills, 2 are stops and 3 are silent.

PART S1
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDFJNS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Consuming A Neutron Star?

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 Consuming A Neutron Star 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 81 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

43 bars, about 1:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 25 exercises over 9 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 Consuming A Neutron Star?

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 43 BARS ANALYSED
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