Magnolia Blvd ai · Butcher babies

190 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:19 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
190
LENGTH
6:19
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-19, 27 and 35, and 8 more places -- 18.2% 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
MAGNOLIA BLVD AI · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 8, 20, 28, 36, 63, 64 and 14 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 63-64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

190 bars across 28 sections: 77 keep time, 20 are fills, 63 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-19.

PART E
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
13 groovesOEJGB+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Magnolia Blvd ai?

120 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 Magnolia Blvd ai hard to play on drums?

44 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 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

190 bars, about 6:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 12 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 Magnolia Blvd ai?

7 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 8, 20, 28, 36, 63, 64 and 14 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 190 BARS ANALYSED
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