Have a Blast · Periphery

211 bars of 4/4 at 113 BPM, about 7:09 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

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TEMPO
113 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
211
LENGTH
7:09
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 134-138, 140-142 and 144, and 9 more places -- 23% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 113 BPM
HAVE A BLAST · BAR 164
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 81 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 75 more.

LOOP · 113 BPM
BARS 8-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 42 TIMES
LOOP · 113 BPM
BARS 51-56 · LANDS ON BAR 57 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 113 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66
LOOP · 113 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

211 bars across 10 sections: 75 keep time, 81 are fills, 29 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 146-157.

PART S2
PART BB
PART BF
PART BS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesCES2AQBFBB+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Have a Blast?

113 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 Have a Blast hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

211 bars, about 7:09 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 18 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Have a Blast?

15 fills to learn, played 81 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 75 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 211 BARS ANALYSED
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