headache [v1] · process: something

113 bars of 4/4 at 111 BPM, about 4:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
111 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
4:22
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-39, 41-43 and 74-76 -- 9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 111 BPM
HEADACHE [V1] · BAR 41
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 3, 4, 8, 20, 24, 25 and 5 more.

LOOP · 111 BPM
BARS 3-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BARS 24-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

118 bars across 18 sections: 56 keep time, 11 are fills, 17 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-38.

CHORUS
PART G
PART N
PART T
PART Z
PART AC
PART AJ
PART X
OUTRO
BREAK 4
16 groovesEGNS18T+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is headache [v1]?

111 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 headache [v1] hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 95 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 4:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 17 sittings, about 27 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 headache [v1]?

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 3, 4, 8, 20, 24, 25 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 113 BARS ANALYSED
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