Coping With Senility · Jejune

209 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 7:36 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
209
LENGTH
7:36
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21 and 23-27, and 12 more places -- 24.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
COPING WITH SENILITY · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 8, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80 and 19 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

209 bars across 12 sections: 116 keep time, 25 are fills, 51 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-47.

PART F
PART J
CHORUS
PART F
PART J
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
8 groovesNFJBD+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Coping With Senility?

110 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 Coping With Senility hard to play on drums?

44 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

209 bars, about 7:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 11 sittings, about 26 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 Coping With Senility?

17 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 8, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80 and 19 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 209 BARS ANALYSED
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