I Predict A Riot · Kaiser Chiefs

149 bars at 159 BPM -- fast, and 3:45 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePunk150 BPM and upBeginner
TEMPO
159 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
149
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18, 20 and 22, and 8 more places -- 18.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 159 BPM
I PREDICT A RIOT · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 8, 89, 97, 105, 128, 147 and 1 more.

LOOP · 159 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 159 BPM
BAR 89 · LANDS ON BAR 90 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 159 BPM
BAR 97 · LANDS ON BAR 98 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 159 BPM
BARS 147-148 · LANDS ON BAR 149 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

149 bars across 13 sections: 122 keep time, 7 are fills and 2 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-31.

PART A
PART D
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART O
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesFDHIQ+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I Predict A Riot?

159 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. At that speed the sixteenth notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is I Predict A Riot hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

149 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 14 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Predict A Riot?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 8, 89, 97, 105, 128, 147 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 149 BARS ANALYSED
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