Kill is my job · Ausborn 66

126 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:12 of playing, on crash, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
126
LENGTH
4:12
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 52% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-33, 43-51 and 61, and 10 more places -- 52.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
KILL IS MY JOB · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 24, 42, 60, 76, 92, 93 and 3 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 92-95 · LANDS ON BAR 96 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 107 · LANDS ON BAR 108
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

126 bars across 10 sections: 105 keep time, 9 are fills, 1 is a stop and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 108-123.

PART A
PART B
PART C
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART G
CHORUS 3
7 groovesEGABC+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Kill is my job?

120 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 Kill is my job hard to play on drums?

41 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 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

126 bars, about 4:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 6 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Kill is my job?

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 24, 42, 60, 76, 92, 93 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 126 BARS ANALYSED
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