Patient Zero · Enterprise Earth, Not Documented

167 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:44 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
167
LENGTH
4:44
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 53-59, 63-64 and 67, and 2 more places -- 12.8% 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
PATIENT ZERO · BAR 53
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 20 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

167 bars across 18 sections: 97 keep time, 26 are fills, 4 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 160-167.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART I
PART O
PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
14 groovesBIQS1K+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Patient Zero?

140 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 Patient Zero hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

167 bars, about 4:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 exercises over 22 sittings, about 25 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 Patient Zero?

14 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 20 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 167 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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