Defect · Strangled

95 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:10 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
95
LENGTH
3:10
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-20, 38 and 40, and 7 more places -- 14% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
DEFECT · BAR 54
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 21 and 9 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 4-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

95 bars across 14 sections: 41 keep time, 15 are fills, 23 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-17.

PART A
CHORUS
PART G
PART S
PART S5
PART K
PART AF
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
12 groovesHSPAFK+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Defect?

120 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 Defect hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

95 bars, about 3:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 14 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Defect?

12 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 21 and 9 more.

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