Niki FM · Hawthorne Heights

152 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 3:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PunkAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
3:59
DIFFICULTY
31/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 12, 14 and 16, and 20 more places -- 17.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
NIKI FM · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 34, 35, 39, 43, 51, 82 and 10 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 34-35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

152 bars across 16 sections: 80 keep time, 16 are fills, 35 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 122-130.

PART A
PART J
PART I
CHORUS
PART J
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART V
PART AA
OUTRO 2
10 groovesOAJIAA+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Niki FM?

138 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 Niki FM hard to play on drums?

31 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 8 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

152 bars, about 3:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 10 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Niki FM?

9 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 34, 35, 39, 43, 51, 82 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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