Failed Breed · Signs Of The Swarm

164 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:28 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
5:28
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 94, 96 and 151-164 -- 10.3% 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
FAILED BREED · BAR 151
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 5, 9, 17, 33, 51, 55 and 14 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

164 bars across 18 sections: 87 keep time, 20 are fills, 34 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 152-164.

PART B
PART S2
CHORUS
PART Q
PART U
PART E
PART AM
PART N
OUTRO 2
13 groovesGAHADNB+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Failed Breed?

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 Failed Breed hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

164 bars, about 5:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 17 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 Failed Breed?

17 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 5, 9, 17, 33, 51, 55 and 14 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 164 BARS ANALYSED
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