Pandemonium · Killing Joke

129 bars of 4/4 at a walking 78 BPM, 6:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

ElectronicAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
78 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
6:37
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 85% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8-46, 48-75 and 81-91, and 3 more places -- 85.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 78 BPM
PANDEMONIUM · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 7, 47, 92, 108 and 116.

LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 108 · LANDS ON BAR 109
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 2 sections: 108 keep time, 5 are fills, 10 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 8-46.

OUTRO
2 groovesCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pandemonium?

78 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 Pandemonium hard to play on drums?

51 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 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 6:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 3 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Pandemonium?

4 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 7, 47, 92, 108 and 116.

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