Nico And The Niners/Heavydirtysoul · twenty one pilots

354 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 10:07 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Electronic120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
354
LENGTH
10:07
DIFFICULTY
30/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 40, 42 and 144, and 7 more places -- 15% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
NICO AND THE NINERS/HEAVYDIRTYSOUL · BAR 161
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 38, 39, 74, 75, 83, 95 and 6 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 38-39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 83 · LANDS ON BAR 84
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 95 · LANDS ON BAR 96
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 159 · LANDS ON BAR 160 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

354 bars across 31 sections: 193 keep time, 12 are fills, 57 are stops and 67 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 120-137.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 3
PART AB
PART S25
PART F
PART AO
18 groovesAEFBABS25+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Nico And The Niners/Heavydirtysoul?

140 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 Nico And The Niners/Heavydirtysoul hard to play on drums?

30 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

354 bars, about 10:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 13 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Nico And The Niners/Heavydirtysoul?

7 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 38, 39, 74, 75, 83, 95 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 354 BARS ANALYSED
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