Generator · Turnstile

122 bars of 4/4 at 143 BPM, about 3:25 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
143 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
122
LENGTH
3:25
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 28, 30-37 and 40, and 12 more places -- 21.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 143 BPM
GENERATOR · BAR 40
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 9, 24, 25 and 11 more.

LOOP · 143 BPM
BARS 6-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 143 BPM
BARS 24-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28
LOOP · 143 BPM
BARS 38-39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

122 bars across 8 sections: 83 keep time, 17 are fills, 7 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 95-122.

PART B
PART F
CHORUS
PART P
PART S6
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesKVFQB+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Generator?

143 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 Generator hard to play on drums?

48 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 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

122 bars, about 3:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 9 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 Generator?

8 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 9, 24, 25 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 122 BARS ANALYSED
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