Creatures (For A While) · 311

101 bars of 4/4 at a walking 96 BPM, 4:13 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePunk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
96 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
101
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23-29 and 57-63 -- 15.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 96 BPM
CREATURES (FOR A WHILE) · BAR 23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 12, 16, 20, 37, 41, 45 and 10 more.

LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 96 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

101 bars across 17 sections: 56 keep time, 16 are fills, 5 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 4-11.

PART C
PART F
PART J
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART S15
OUTRO 2
10 groovesPKJFT+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Creatures (For A While)?

96 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 Creatures (For A While) hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

101 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 13 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Creatures (For A While)?

8 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 12, 16, 20, 37, 41, 45 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 101 BARS ANALYSED
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