Mother May I (Better Version) · Coheed And Cambria

166 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:26 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieProgressive150 BPM and upIntermediate
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
166
LENGTH
4:26
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 75-81, 83-89 and 133-139, and 2 more places -- 21.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
MOTHER MAY I (BETTER VERSION) · BAR 83
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 72, 73, 74, 82, 104, 105 and 11 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 72-74 · LANDS ON BAR 75 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 82 · LANDS ON BAR 83 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 104-106 · LANDS ON BAR 107 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 118 · LANDS ON BAR 119

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

166 bars across 15 sections: 126 keep time and 17 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-15.

PART A
PART D
PART D
PART J
CHORUS
PART G
PART J
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
7 groovesQGJAD+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mother May I (Better Version)?

150 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 Mother May I (Better Version) hard to play on drums?

61 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

166 bars, about 4:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 14 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Mother May I (Better Version)?

7 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 72, 73, 74, 82, 104, 105 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 166 BARS ANALYSED
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