Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle · Nirvana

121 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 4:15 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
121
LENGTH
4:15
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7, 12 and 17, and 25 more places -- 24.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 114 BPM
FRANCES FARMER WILL HAVE HER REVENGE ON SEATTLE · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 11, 16, 21, 23, 35, 36 and 19 more.

LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BARS 35-37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 9 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

121 bars across 4 sections: 87 keep time, 25 are fills and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 24-34.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBMS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle?

114 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 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle hard to play on drums?

61 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

121 bars, about 4:15 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 21 exercises over 7 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 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle?

6 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 11, 16, 21, 23, 35, 36 and 19 more.

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