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headache [v3] · process: something

EXERCISE 1 OF 69
Groove E -- Part E
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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
GROOVE · 11
FILL · 13
LAND · 13
RUN · 2
JOIN · 14
LINK · 3
SECTION · 12
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play headache [v3] on drums

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.

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

TEMPO
111 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
120
LENGTH
4:25
DIFFICULTY
72/100

hi-hat through bars 1-2, toms through bars 3-12, snare through bars 13-20, kick and crashes through bars 21-24, hi-hat through bars 25-36 and toms through bars 37-48, and 15 more changes after that.

The beat

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.

    5
    1.......2.......3.......4.......
CC |x-------x-------x-------x-------|
SD |----X-------X---------------X---|
T2 |--------------------xxxx--------|
FT |x-------------------------------|
BD |x---x-x-x-x-----xxxxx-x-x-x-----|
headache [v3] -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

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

What the course does

It cuts the song into 55 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 -- E -- 4 exercises, about 32 minutes. Open above.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- G -- 5 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- AY -- 3 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  4. Bars 3-16 -- 4 exercises, about 19 minutes.
  5. Through Part G -- 2 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  6. Through Part O -- 1 exercise, about 11 minutes.
  7. Through Part G and Part O -- 3 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  8. Through Part O and Part T -- 3 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  9. and 10 more sittings after that.
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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