Mr. God · Periphery

94 bars of 4/4 at 127 BPM, about 2:57 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
127 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
94
LENGTH
2:57
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 2-4 and 6-8 -- 7.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 127 BPM
MR. GOD · BARS 2-3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 17, 49, 55, 60, 61 and 94.

LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56
LOOP · 127 BPM
BARS 60-61 · LANDS ON BAR 62 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

94 bars across 12 sections: 64 keep time, 6 are fills, 4 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-38.

PART B
PART F
PART S3
PART L
PART R
CHORUS
PART AR
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesADRLBAR+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mr. God?

127 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 Mr. God hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on 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?

94 bars, about 2:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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. God?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 17, 49, 55, 60, 61 and 94.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 94 BARS ANALYSED
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