metal thing · raleigh

82 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
82
LENGTH
2:44
DIFFICULTY
63/100
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 13 more places -- 19.5% 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
METAL THING · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 20, 52, 60, 81 and 82.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 81-82 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

82 bars across 7 sections: 66 keep time and 5 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 66-80.

PART A
PART E
CHORUS
PART E
PART O
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesHESOAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is metal thing?

120 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 metal thing hard to play on drums?

63 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 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

82 bars, about 2:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 11 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 metal thing?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 20, 52, 60, 81 and 82.

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