If looks could kill #2 · A Heartwell Ending

82 bars of 4/4 at a walking 98 BPM, 3:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
98 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
82
LENGTH
3:21
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 13, 15 and 17, and 14 more places -- 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 · 98 BPM
IF LOOKS COULD KILL #2 · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 25, 26, 41, 42, 60, 81 and 1 more.

LOOP · 98 BPM
BARS 25-26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61
LOOP · 98 BPM
BARS 81-82 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

82 bars across 8 sections: 64 keep time, 8 are fills and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-40.

PART B
CHORUS
PART X
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesHABBXZ+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is If looks could kill #2?

98 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 If looks could kill #2 hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

82 bars, about 3:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 If looks could kill #2?

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 25, 26, 41, 42, 60, 81 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 82 BARS ANALYSED
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