Humanity · Scorpions

105 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 4:40 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
4:40
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 22-28, 46-52 and 84-90 -- 22.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 90 BPM
HUMANITY · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 29, 53, 61, 67, 73, 91 and 2 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 67 · LANDS ON BAR 68

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 15 sections: 65 keep time, 8 are fills, 1 is a stop and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-21.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART N
PART P
PART T
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesCFS1KB+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Humanity?

90 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 Humanity hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 4:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 14 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Humanity?

7 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 29, 53, 61, 67, 73, 91 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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