mildlyinteresting · Wakelee

81 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 2:19 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
2:19
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-27, 30-31 and 35-36, and 5 more places -- 21.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
MILDLYINTERESTING · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 16, 32, 39, 40, 42, 44 and 5 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 39-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 12 sections: 48 keep time, 11 are fills, 4 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-56.

COUNT-IN
PART A
PART E
CHORUS
PART P
PART F
OUTRO
10 groovesHAFES1+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is mildlyinteresting?

140 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 mildlyinteresting hard to play on drums?

45 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?

81 bars, about 2:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 7 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 mildlyinteresting?

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 16, 32, 39, 40, 42, 44 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 81 BARS ANALYSED
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