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Existence is Punishment · Crowbar

EXERCISE 14 OF 53
Groove Q -- Part Q
34 / 83 BARS COVERED
0 / 53 PASSED · 2 BARS LIT · IN THE PART M, PART Q
PART F
PART M
PART Q
PART T
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesLAKFQM+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 8
FILL · 11
LAND · 11
RUN · 2
JOIN · 8
LINK · 5
SECTION · 7
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Existence is Punishment on drums

83 bars, 4:41, at 70 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
70 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
83
LENGTH
4:41
DIFFICULTY
67/100

silence through bars 1-4, hi-hat through bars 5-16, ride through bars 17-30, hi-hat through bars 31-42, ride through bars 43-50 and hi-hat through bars 51-63, and 2 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19, 29 and 44, and 6 more places -- 11.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    19
    1.......2.......3.......4.......
CC |x-------------------------------|
RD |----x---x---x---x---x---x---x---|
SD |----------------x-------x-------|
BD |x-----------x---------xx--x---x-|
Existence is Punishment -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

11 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24 and 17 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 41 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- L, F -- 2 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- M -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  3. Bars 4-23 -- 7 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  4. Through Part M and Part Q -- 3 exercises, about 26 minutes. Open above.
  5. Through Part M and Part Q -- 4 exercises, about 31 minutes.
  6. Through Part Q -- 4 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  7. Through Part Q and Part T -- 5 exercises, about 33 minutes.
  8. Through Part T and the Chorus -- 7 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  9. and 4 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is Existence is Punishment?

70 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 Existence is Punishment hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

83 bars, about 4:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Existence is Punishment?

11 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 83 BARS ANALYSED