King Of Carrot Flowers (All 3 Parts) · Neutral Milk Hotel

54 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 2:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieCountry / Folk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
54
LENGTH
2:18
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26, 28-30 and 36-39, and 2 more places -- 22% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 94 BPM
KING OF CARROT FLOWERS (ALL 3 PARTS) · BAR 26
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 14, 22, 23, 24, 27, 33 and 6 more.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 94 BPM
BARS 22-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

54 bars across 6 sections: 32 keep time, 12 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-13.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART D
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesJBEMD+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is King Of Carrot Flowers (All 3 Parts)?

94 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 King Of Carrot Flowers (All 3 Parts) hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

54 bars, about 2:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 10 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 King Of Carrot Flowers (All 3 Parts)?

9 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 14, 22, 23, 24, 27, 33 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 54 BARS ANALYSED
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