Mind Dependancy · Blindspott

174 bars of 4/4 at 148 BPM, about 4:42 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
148 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
174
LENGTH
4:42
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 50% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-8, 10-12 and 14-16, and 26 more places -- 49.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 148 BPM
MIND DEPENDANCY · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 5, 21, 41, 65, 165, 169 and 1 more.

LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 165 · LANDS ON BAR 166 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

174 bars across 10 sections: 124 keep time, 7 are fills, 11 are stops and 23 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 114-143.

PART D
PART S4
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART H
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesCMDS4H+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mind Dependancy?

148 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 Mind Dependancy 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 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

174 bars, about 4:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 8 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Mind Dependancy?

3 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 5, 21, 41, 65, 165, 169 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 174 BARS ANALYSED
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