Obl 4 (SLAJDY) · Oblivion

20 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:40 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
20
LENGTH
0:40
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 55% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-15 and 17-20 -- 55% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
OBL 4 (SLAJDY) · BAR 10
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 16.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

20 bars across 2 sections: 18 keep time and 1 is a fill. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-7.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesCAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Obl 4 (SLAJDY)?

120 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 Obl 4 (SLAJDY) hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

20 bars, about 0:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 3 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Obl 4 (SLAJDY)?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 16.

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