Hell March 1 (Red Alert 1) · Frank Klepacki

106 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:32 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ElectronicAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
106
LENGTH
3:32
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 70% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21-23 and 25-31, and 16 more places -- 70.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
HELL MARCH 1 (RED ALERT 1) · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 20, 36, 44, 60, 76, 84 and 3 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 104-106 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

106 bars across 3 sections: 58 keep time, 9 are fills, 30 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-16.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBAS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hell March 1 (Red Alert 1)?

120 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 Hell March 1 (Red Alert 1) hard to play on drums?

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

106 bars, about 3:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Hell March 1 (Red Alert 1)?

3 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 20, 36, 44, 60, 76, 84 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 106 BARS ANALYSED
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