Der Maulwurf · Kanonenfieber

156 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 90 BPM, 5:12 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPMShuffle / tripletAdvanced
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
156
LENGTH
5:12
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 36-39, 44-46 and 84-87, and 6 more places -- 21.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 90 BPM
DER MAULWURF · BAR 36
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 18, 27, 32, 33, 34, 43 and 17 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 32-34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

156 bars across 26 sections: 81 keep time, 24 are fills, 8 are stops and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 11-17.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART A
CHORUS 5
OUTRO 2
14 groovesPQABS1+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Der Maulwurf?

90 BPM, in 3/4, 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 Der Maulwurf hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

156 bars, about 5:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 12 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 Der Maulwurf?

9 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 18, 27, 32, 33, 34, 43 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 156 BARS ANALYSED
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