Masterbating at the slab AI · Devourment

150 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:20 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
150
LENGTH
4:20
DIFFICULTY
91/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 20-21, 23-28 and 36-37, and 4 more places -- 18.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
MASTERBATING AT THE SLAB AI · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 9, 19, 22, 44, 51, 56 and 24 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

150 bars across 16 sections: 99 keep time, 30 are fills, 2 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 118-126.

PART A
PART C
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART J
PART A
PART B
CHORUS 3
PART T
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesEATJV+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Masterbating at the slab AI?

135 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Masterbating at the slab AI hard to play on drums?

91 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

150 bars, about 4:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 exercises over 23 sittings, about 24 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 Masterbating at the slab AI?

17 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 9, 19, 22, 44, 51, 56 and 24 more.

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