Defective · Dirge

122 bars of 4/4 at a walking 85 BPM, 5:43 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
122
LENGTH
5:43
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 45-51, 53-55 and 57-59, and 1 more place -- 13.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 85 BPM
DEFECTIVE · BAR 45
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 4, 6, 8, 20, 22, 24 and 17 more.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

122 bars across 15 sections: 75 keep time, 23 are fills, 6 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 53-63.

PART C
PART G
PART C
PART G
PART C
CHORUS
PART O
PART R
PART O
OUTRO 2
10 groovesKCGOR+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Defective?

85 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 Defective hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

122 bars, about 5:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 15 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Defective?

12 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 4, 6, 8, 20, 22, 24 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 122 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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