Mama Kin New · Aerosmith

167 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockJazz / Blues150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
167
LENGTH
4:22
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-27, 106 and 108, and 10 more places -- 12% 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
MAMA KIN NEW · BAR 106
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 17, 24, 29, 41, 46, 51 and 21 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

167 bars across 21 sections: 89 keep time, 28 are fills, 14 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 83-96.

PART F
PART M
PART O
CHORUS 2
PART S
PART I
PART Z
PART AG
PART L
PART C
17 groovesDLIZAG+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mama Kin New?

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 Mama Kin New hard to play on drums?

48 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 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

167 bars, about 4:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 63 exercises over 16 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Mama Kin New?

13 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 17, 24, 29, 41, 46, 51 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 167 BARS ANALYSED
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