DISCO FLIGHT (cover by Dokugaku) · Ling Tosite Sigure

148 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
148
LENGTH
4:44
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13, 15 and 18-19, and 15 more places -- 18% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
DISCO FLIGHT (COVER BY DOKUGAKU) · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

25 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 27 and 47 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

21 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

148 bars across 23 sections: 59 keep time, 53 are fills, 4 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-8.

PART S2
CHORUS
PART P
PART L
PART T
CHORUS 2
PART T
CHORUS 4
PART T
CHORUS 5
14 groovesFTPLS2+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is DISCO FLIGHT (cover by Dokugaku)?

125 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 DISCO FLIGHT (cover by Dokugaku) hard to play on drums?

70 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?

148 bars, about 4:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 18 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in DISCO FLIGHT (cover by Dokugaku)?

25 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 14, 16, 17, 20, 24, 27 and 47 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 148 BARS ANALYSED
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