looks red, tastes blue · Mayday Parade

101 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 3:40 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
101
LENGTH
3:40
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6, 8 and 10, and 8 more places -- 16.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
LOOKS RED, TASTES BLUE · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 28, 49, 53, 57, 61, 64 and 9 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 80-81 · LANDS ON BAR 82 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

101 bars across 13 sections: 65 keep time, 15 are fills, 5 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-47.

PART C
PART D
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART N
OUTRO
8 groovesGCNJD+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is looks red, tastes blue?

110 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 looks red, tastes blue hard to play on drums?

42 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 8 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

101 bars, about 3:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 looks red, tastes blue?

6 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 28, 49, 53, 57, 61, 64 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 101 BARS ANALYSED
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