Joy.Discovery.Invention · Biffy Clyro

105 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 3:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:22
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-18, 21-23 and 47-50, and 1 more place -- 15.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
JOY.DISCOVERY.INVENTION · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 76, 84, 90, 91, 92, 93 and 3 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 84 · LANDS ON BAR 85
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 90-95 · LANDS ON BAR 96 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 100 · LANDS ON BAR 101
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 14 sections: 63 keep time, 9 are fills, 5 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 60-71.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART N
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesCNS1AAC+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Joy.Discovery.Invention?

125 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 Joy.Discovery.Invention hard to play on drums?

42 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 16 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 11 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 Joy.Discovery.Invention?

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 76, 84, 90, 91, 92, 93 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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