Multi-Man Melee 1 · Super Smash Bros. Melee

79 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 2:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
79
LENGTH
2:24
DIFFICULTY
80/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15, 23-25 and 31-33, and 3 more places -- 20.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 132 BPM
MULTI-MAN MELEE 1 · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 2, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18 and 15 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 16-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

79 bars across 9 sections: 39 keep time, 21 are fills, 11 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 40-54.

PART C
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART P
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesHCPS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Multi-Man Melee 1?

132 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 Multi-Man Melee 1 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 75 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

79 bars, about 2:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Multi-Man Melee 1?

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 2, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 79 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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