demonstrationalation 1 · ingress

115 bars of 4/4 at 126 BPM, about 3:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
126 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
115
LENGTH
3:39
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 42-45, 47-54 and 56, and 1 more place -- 13% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 126 BPM
DEMONSTRATIONALATION 1 · BARS 42-43
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 5, 6, 24, 46, 55, 57 and 8 more.

LOOP · 126 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

116 bars across 17 sections: 84 keep time, 16 are fills, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 84-96.

PART C
PART J
PART N
CHORUS
PART Z
PART AD
OUTRO
16 groovesUAKADJN+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is demonstrationalation 1?

126 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 demonstrationalation 1 hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

115 bars, about 3:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 18 sittings, about 26 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 demonstrationalation 1?

7 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 5, 6, 24, 46, 55, 57 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 115 BARS ANALYSED
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