Dr. Seuss is Dead · Acid Bath

143 bars, 11:30, at 52 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
52 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
143
LENGTH
11:30
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 46-53 and 95-102 -- 11.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 52 BPM
DR. SEUSS IS DEAD · BARS 46-47
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 7, 8, 10, 12, 21, 29 and 7 more.

LOOP · 52 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 52 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 52 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 52 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

143 bars across 21 sections: 93 keep time, 13 are fills, 7 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 129-137.

PART E
PART Q
PART T
PART W
CHORUS
PART Q
PART AD
CHORUS 2
PART AT
OUTRO
16 groovesZQMEH+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Dr. Seuss is Dead?

52 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Dr. Seuss is Dead hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

143 bars, about 11:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 18 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Dr. Seuss is Dead?

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 7, 8, 10, 12, 21, 29 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 143 BARS ANALYSED
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