divide and conquer · parallel scars

100 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:16 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
100
LENGTH
3:16
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 28-39 -- 13.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
DIVIDE AND CONQUER · BARS 28-29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 22, 43, 51, 59, 63, 67 and 1 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 59 · LANDS ON BAR 60

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

102 bars across 18 sections: 60 keep time, 8 are fills, 13 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 28-39.

PART A
PART E
PART S4
CHORUS
PART W
PART AD
OUTRO
18 groovesAKRADES4+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is divide and conquer?

120 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 divide and conquer hard to play on drums?

60 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

100 bars, about 3:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 divide and conquer?

7 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 22, 43, 51, 59, 63, 67 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 100 BARS ANALYSED
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