Mr. Doctor Man · Palaye Royale

159 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 5:40 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
159
LENGTH
5:40
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 42% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-44, 63-68 and 72-85, and 2 more places -- 42% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 112 BPM
MR. DOCTOR MAN · BAR 32
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 13, 21, 30, 46, 71, 108 and 2 more.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 108 · LANDS ON BAR 109
LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 125-126 · LANDS ON BAR 127 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

159 bars across 15 sections: 114 keep time, 8 are fills, 15 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 152-159.

PART B
PART D
CHORUS
PART K
CHORUS 3
PART K
OUTRO 2
9 groovesIKDPB+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mr. Doctor Man?

112 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 Mr. Doctor Man hard to play on drums?

45 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 30 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

159 bars, about 5:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 9 sittings, about 24 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 Mr. Doctor Man?

4 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 13, 21, 30, 46, 71, 108 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 159 BARS ANALYSED
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