Duct Taped To A Flag Pole · Party Cannon

151 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 5:56 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
151
LENGTH
5:56
DIFFICULTY
89/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 32, 36 and 44-45, and 4 more places -- 10.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
DUCT TAPED TO A FLAG POLE · BAR 36
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

25 fills to learn, played 63 times: bars 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 23 and 57 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 10-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 29-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

22 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

151 bars across 17 sections: 55 keep time, 63 are fills, 3 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 43-58.

COUNT-IN
PART F
CHORUS
PART AF
PART AQ
PART AW
PART BG
PART BV
OUTRO 2
15 groovesQAFBGAWAQ+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Duct Taped To A Flag Pole?

100 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 Duct Taped To A Flag Pole hard to play on drums?

89 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 69 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

151 bars, about 5:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 74 exercises over 25 sittings, about 26 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 Duct Taped To A Flag Pole?

25 fills to learn, played 63 times: bars 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 23 and 57 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 151 BARS ANALYSED
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