Mind Decaying · Dares Devil

160 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
160
LENGTH
5:20
DIFFICULTY
80/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-36 and 54-60 -- 8.9% 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
MIND DECAYING · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 3, 5, 11, 12, 66, 70 and 19 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 11-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

163 bars across 20 sections: 97 keep time, 25 are fills, 11 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 129-140.

PART B
CHORUS
PART R
CHORUS 2
PART AK
PART AY
PART BC
OUTRO
15 groovesPBCAWAKB+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mind Decaying?

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 Mind Decaying hard to play on drums?

80 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

160 bars, about 5:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 72 exercises over 26 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Mind Decaying?

12 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 3, 5, 11, 12, 66, 70 and 19 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 160 BARS ANALYSED
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