Davidian · Machine Head

184 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 5:28 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
184
LENGTH
5:28
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 144-148, 150 and 152-156, and 7 more places -- 15.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
DAVIDIAN · BAR 144
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 37 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 9-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 10 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 36-38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

184 bars across 15 sections: 113 keep time, 44 are fills, 12 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 144-183.

PART B
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART S
CHORUS 3
PART AR
OUTRO
11 groovesLBFSBAR+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Davidian?

135 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 Davidian 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 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

184 bars, about 5:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 60 exercises over 21 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, 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 Davidian?

16 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 37 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 184 BARS ANALYSED
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