Curl Of The Burl · Mastodon

90 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 3:13 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
90
LENGTH
3:13
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6, 8 and 10, and 5 more places -- 9.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 112 BPM
CURL OF THE BURL · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 4, 16, 17, 18, 20, 26 and 30 more.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 16-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 26-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

90 bars across 9 sections: 40 keep time, 36 are fills, 1 is a stop and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-35.

CHORUS
PART C
PART P
CHORUS 2
PART AD
PART AA
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesDADCALI+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Curl Of The Burl?

112 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 Curl Of The Burl hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 80 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

90 bars, about 3:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 18 sittings, about 23 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 Curl Of The Burl?

17 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 4, 16, 17, 18, 20, 26 and 30 more.

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