KILLER QUEEN · Skars

76 bars of 4/4 at 124 BPM, about 2:27 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
124 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
2:27
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 75% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9-11 and 13-20, and 7 more places -- 75% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 124 BPM
KILLER QUEEN · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 12, 36, 40, 44, 60, 68 and 2 more.

LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 4 sections: 51 keep time, 8 are fills, 12 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-35.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBDS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is KILLER QUEEN?

124 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 KILLER QUEEN hard to play on drums?

45 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 2:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in KILLER QUEEN?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 12, 36, 40, 44, 60, 68 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 76 BARS ANALYSED
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