Dirty Drowning Man (Full) · Primus

173 bars of 4/4 at 148 BPM, about 4:40 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and floor tom.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewerIntermediate
TEMPO
148 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
173
LENGTH
4:40
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 58% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10, 12 and 14, and 12 more places -- 58.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 148 BPM
DIRTY DROWNING MAN (FULL) · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 173.

LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 173
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

173 bars across 21 sections: 133 keep time, 1 is a fill and 25 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 41-67.

PART E
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART L
CHORUS 3
PART T
CHORUS 5
16 groovesGEHTL+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Dirty Drowning Man (Full)?

148 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 Dirty Drowning Man (Full) hard to play on drums?

49 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

173 bars, about 4:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and floor tom. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in Dirty Drowning Man (Full)?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 173.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 173 BARS ANALYSED
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