headache [v3] · process: something

120 bars of 4/4 at 111 BPM, about 4:25 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
120
LENGTH
4:25
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 6% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7 and 9-11 -- 5.5% 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 [V3] · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 3, 4, 8, 12, 14, 16 and 28 more.

LOOP · 111 BPM
BARS 3-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

124 bars across 19 sections: 48 keep time, 34 are fills, 12 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-35.

PART E
PART G
PART O
PART V
CHORUS
PART AY
CHORUS 2
17 groovesABGEVO+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is headache [v3]?

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 [v3] hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 78 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

120 bars, about 4:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 18 sittings, about 25 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 [v3]?

13 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 3, 4, 8, 12, 14, 16 and 28 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 120 BARS ANALYSED
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