Masochist (7 strings) · Polaris

113 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:46 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
3:46
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17, 19 and 21, and 10 more places -- 19.6% 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
MASOCHIST (7 STRINGS) · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 18, 20, 24, 36, 37, 38 and 31 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 36-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 10 sections: 46 keep time, 37 are fills, 4 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-35.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART S
PART S
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBSS1RJ+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Masochist (7 strings)?

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 Masochist (7 strings) 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 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 3:46 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 Masochist (7 strings)?

15 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 18, 20, 24, 36, 37, 38 and 31 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 113 BARS ANALYSED
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