Game Over · Machine Head

193 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 5:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
193
LENGTH
5:39
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 47-49, 51-53 and 55-57, and 2 more places -- 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 · 128 BPM
GAME OVER · BAR 48
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 20, 21, 22, 42, 43, 50 and 17 more.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BARS 20-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BARS 42-43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

193 bars across 16 sections: 78 keep time, 23 are fills, 3 are stops and 73 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 100-113.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART F
PART N
PART T
PART W
BREAK
13 groovesS10S2FIS1+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Game Over?

128 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 Game Over hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 75 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

193 bars, about 5:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 18 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 Game Over?

14 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 20, 21, 22, 42, 43, 50 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 193 BARS ANALYSED
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