Liar 2416 · sex pistols

95 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 2:32 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and upIntermediate
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
95
LENGTH
2:32
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-18, 33-34 and 41-42, and 5 more places -- 17.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
LIAR 2416 · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 16, 19, 20, 31, 32, 35 and 16 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 38-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

95 bars across 10 sections: 56 keep time, 22 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 65-74.

PART A
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART Q
CHORUS 3
PART V
OUTRO
7 groovesIVAQE+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Liar 2416?

150 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 Liar 2416 hard to play on drums?

57 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 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

95 bars, about 2:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Liar 2416?

9 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 16, 19, 20, 31, 32, 35 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 95 BARS ANALYSED
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