Destroyed By Hippie Powers · Car Seat Headrest

131 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 4:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
131
LENGTH
4:58
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 40% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-8, 34-41 and 44-45, and 10 more places -- 39.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 105 BPM
DESTROYED BY HIPPIE POWERS · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 9, 33, 74, 99, 114, 115 and 1 more.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 99 · LANDS ON BAR 100
LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 114-115 · LANDS ON BAR 116 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

131 bars across 13 sections: 65 keep time, 7 are fills, 45 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 19-30.

CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART H
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
PART H
OUTRO
8 groovesDHELO+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Destroyed By Hippie Powers?

105 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Destroyed By Hippie Powers hard to play on drums?

44 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

131 bars, about 4:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 8 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Destroyed By Hippie Powers?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 9, 33, 74, 99, 114, 115 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 131 BARS ANALYSED
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