Hammerhandle · Weedeater

80 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 2:47 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
80
LENGTH
2:47
DIFFICULTY
35/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18, 20 and 26, and 9 more places -- 18.8% 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
HAMMERHANDLE · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 67 and 71.

LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 67 · LANDS ON BAR 68 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

80 bars across 6 sections: 48 keep time, 2 are fills, 7 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-25.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART C
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesJS1IDC+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hammerhandle?

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 Hammerhandle hard to play on drums?

35 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

80 bars, about 2:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 21 exercises over 5 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Hammerhandle?

1 fill to learn, played 2 times: bars 67 and 71.

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