Mailman · Soundgarden

112 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 4:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
112
LENGTH
4:37
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 43% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2, 4 and 6, and 34 more places -- 42.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 92 BPM
MAILMAN · BAR 45
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 1, 9, 17, 38, 44, 46 and 19 more.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

112 bars across 8 sections: 72 keep time, 25 are fills, 6 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 84-96.

PART C
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
5 groovesBCDMS7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mailman?

92 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 Mailman hard to play on drums?

41 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

112 bars, about 4:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 32 exercises over 9 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 Mailman?

11 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 1, 9, 17, 38, 44, 46 and 19 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 112 BARS ANALYSED
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