Maniak-olepsie · The Blind Cow

25 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:50 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
25
LENGTH
0:50
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 68% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-5 and 11-23 -- 68% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
MANIAK-OLEPSIE · BAR 3
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 1 and 24.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

25 bars across 3 sections: 20 keep time, 2 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-23.

CHORUS
VERSE
OUTRO
2 groovesBCFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Maniak-olepsie?

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 Maniak-olepsie hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 59 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

25 bars, about 0:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Maniak-olepsie?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 1 and 24.

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