Improper Use of a Speculum · Party Cannon

175 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 5:09 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
175
LENGTH
5:09
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 24, 90-92 and 98-105, and 1 more place -- 10.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
IMPROPER USE OF A SPECULUM · BAR 91
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

24 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 39 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 10-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 30-31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

20 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

175 bars across 22 sections: 88 keep time, 45 are fills, 16 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 99-105.

PART D
PART AE
CHORUS
OUTRO
15 groovesAZNANDAE+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Improper Use of a Speculum?

135 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 Improper Use of a Speculum hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

175 bars, about 5:09 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 80 exercises over 25 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Improper Use of a Speculum?

24 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 39 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 175 BARS ANALYSED
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