Leave me here to rot · Charlie Murder

47 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 1:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
47
LENGTH
1:34
DIFFICULTY
95/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9, 12-14 and 16-18, and 2 more places -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
LEAVE ME HERE TO ROT · BAR 9
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 4, 6, 7, 19, 21 and 30.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 6-7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

47 bars across 5 sections: 34 keep time, 6 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 31-40.

CHORUS
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDGHS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Leave me here to rot?

120 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 Leave me here to rot hard to play on drums?

95 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 89 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

47 bars, about 1:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 9 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Leave me here to rot?

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 4, 6, 7, 19, 21 and 30.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 47 BARS ANALYSED
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