human taxidermy · average bedroom guitarist

59 bars of 4/4 at 117 BPM, about 1:57 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
117 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
59
LENGTH
1:57
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-12, 18-20 and 49-55 -- 21.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 117 BPM
HUMAN TAXIDERMY · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 3, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 6 more.

LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BARS 13-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

61 bars across 8 sections: 30 keep time, 12 are fills, 12 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 29-37.

PART B
CHORUS
PART J
PART O
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesEOQBJ+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is human taxidermy?

117 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 human taxidermy hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 77 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

59 bars, about 1:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 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 human taxidermy?

5 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 3, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 59 BARS ANALYSED
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