Dope Calypso · Violent Soho

153 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 4:38 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
4:38
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 58% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-23, 25-31 and 53-55, and 11 more places -- 57.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 132 BPM
DOPE CALYPSO · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 16, 24, 32, 44, 52, 56 and 14 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 8 sections: 102 keep time, 20 are fills, 2 are stops and 25 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-43.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART F
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCHFS1S7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Dope Calypso?

132 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 Dope Calypso hard to play on drums?

45 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 4:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 6 sittings, about 25 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 Dope Calypso?

7 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 16, 24, 32, 44, 52, 56 and 14 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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