Listened to Mouth For war while making the riff 124363245643245 · Joel

212 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 5:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
212
LENGTH
5:51
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 27-34, 43-50 and 60-67, and 3 more places -- 22.6% 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
LISTENED TO MOUTH FOR WAR WHILE MAKING THE RIFF 124363245643245 · BAR 28
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 9, 57, 58, 68, 116, 117 and 16 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 57-58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 145-147 · LANDS ON BAR 148 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 150-156 · LANDS ON BAR 157 · PLAYED 7 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

219 bars across 23 sections: 153 keep time, 22 are fills, 14 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 130-144.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART AD
PART AG
13 groovesFJAMK+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Listened to Mouth For war while making the riff 124363245643245?

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 Listened to Mouth For war while making the riff 124363245643245 hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 74 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

212 bars, about 5:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 50 exercises over 15 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, 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 Listened to Mouth For war while making the riff 124363245643245?

7 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 9, 57, 58, 68, 116, 117 and 16 more.

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