king of the rats · Bodysnatcher

81 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 2:16 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
2:16
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 32, 34 and 36, and 5 more places -- 10.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
KING OF THE RATS · BAR 32
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 14, 18, 22, 23, 39, 45 and 13 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 10 sections: 27 keep time, 19 are fills, 26 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 40-44.

PART A
PART S3
PART I
CHORUS
PART W
PART S8
OUTRO
10 groovesLS3S10S8A+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is king of the rats?

140 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 the rats hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 2:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 10 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. 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 the rats?

12 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 14, 18, 22, 23, 39, 45 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 81 BARS ANALYSED
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