i am a HERO · Burnout Syndromes

205 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:49 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
205
LENGTH
4:49
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 148-154, 156-162 and 164-179 -- 15.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
I AM A HERO · BAR 165
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 48, 49, 51, 79, 80, 81 and 10 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 121-122 · LANDS ON BAR 123 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

205 bars across 22 sections: 116 keep time, 16 are fills, 44 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 93-106.

CHORUS 2
PART Y
PART AI
PART AX
OUTRO 2
18 groovesIAXAICU+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is i am a HERO?

140 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 i am a HERO hard to play on drums?

44 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

205 bars, about 4:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 65 exercises over 17 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 i am a HERO?

9 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 48, 49, 51, 79, 80, 81 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 205 BARS ANALYSED
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