Murder on the Dance Floor (triple j Like A Version) · Royel Otis

90 bars of 4/4 at 123 BPM, about 2:55 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
90
LENGTH
2:55
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-4, 6-8 and 11-12, and 7 more places -- 24.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 123 BPM
MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR (TRIPLE J LIKE A VERSION) · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 1, 9, 16, 25, 34, 41 and 10 more.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

90 bars across 6 sections: 62 keep time, 16 are fills and 5 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-24.

PART C
PART I
PART C
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesLCIFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Murder on the Dance Floor (triple j Like A Version)?

123 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 Murder on the Dance Floor (triple j Like A Version) 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

90 bars, about 2:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Murder on the Dance Floor (triple j Like A Version)?

8 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 1, 9, 16, 25, 34, 41 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 90 BARS ANALYSED
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