frfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfr · Jay Mackintosh

95 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 2:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
95
LENGTH
2:35
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 13-15, 21-23 and 78-80, and 1 more place -- 12.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
FRFRFRFRFRFRFRFRFRFRFRFRFR · BARS 13-14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 20 and 26 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 8-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 11-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 24-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 9 sections: 51 keep time, 32 are fills, 4 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-38.

PART A
CHORUS
PART S
PART X
PART AD
PART AF
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesIAFXANA+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is frfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfr?

145 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 frfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfr hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 69 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

95 bars, about 2:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 17 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 frfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfrfr?

10 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 20 and 26 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 95 BARS ANALYSED
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