Fire Water Burn · The Bloodhound Gang

121 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 4:50 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieElectronic90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
121
LENGTH
4:50
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 44% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-20, 31-36 and 39-46, and 7 more places -- 43.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 100 BPM
FIRE WATER BURN · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 21, 38, 54, 62, 63, 71 and 2 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 62-63 · LANDS ON BAR 64 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 71 · LANDS ON BAR 72

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

121 bars across 9 sections: 83 keep time, 8 are fills, 6 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 39-46.

COUNT-IN
INTRO
PART E
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBEOS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fire Water Burn?

100 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 Fire Water Burn hard to play on drums?

49 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

121 bars, about 4:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 21 exercises over 6 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Fire Water Burn?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 21, 38, 54, 62, 63, 71 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 121 BARS ANALYSED
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