In Walks Barbarella · Clutch

84 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 3:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
84
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38-42, 70-74 and 82 -- 13.1% 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
IN WALKS BARBARELLA · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 20 and 25 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 1-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 27-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

84 bars across 9 sections: 40 keep time, 31 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-19.

CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART O
PART S
PART V
PART O
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesDVOSR+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In Walks Barbarella?

90 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 In Walks Barbarella hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

84 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 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 In Walks Barbarella?

9 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 20 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 84 BARS ANALYSED
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