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headache [v1] · process: something

EXERCISE 12 OF 63
Run E2 · Chorus (bars 5-15)
28 / 118 BARS COVERED
0 / 63 PASSED · 11 BARS LIT · IN THE CHORUS
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
GROOVE · 14
FILL · 8
LAND · 8
RUN · 4
JOIN · 14
LINK · 2
SECTION · 12
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play headache [v1] on drums

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.

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat.

TEMPO
111 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
4:22
DIFFICULTY
73/100

hi-hat through bars 1-4, toms through bars 5-12, snare through bars 13-20, kick and crashes through bars 21-28, hi-hat through bars 29-51 and snare through bars 52-60, and 9 more changes after that.

The beat

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.

    41
    1...............2...............3...............4...............
HH |o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------o-------|
SD |--------x---------------x---------------x-x-x-x---------x-------|
T2 |x-----------------------------------------------x---x-----------|
BD |x-------x---x---x---x-----------x-x-x-x-x---x---x---x-----------|
headache [v1] -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

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

What the course does

It cuts the song into 54 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- P -- 1 exercise, about 22 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- E -- 1 exercise, about 19 minutes.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- G -- 4 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  4. Through the Break 2 and the Chorus -- 5 exercises, about 33 minutes.
  5. Through the Chorus and Part G -- 7 exercises, about 30 minutes. Open above.
  6. Through Part G and Part N -- 3 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  7. Through Part G and Part N -- 3 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  8. Bars 38-45 -- 4 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  9. and 9 more sittings after that.
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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