Pencil Fight · Atomship

16 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:32 of playing, on hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
16
LENGTH
0:32
DIFFICULTY
21/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 13, 14, 15 and 16.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 13-16 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

16 bars across 2 sections: 4 are fills and 12 are silent.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesS1S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pencil Fight?

120 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 Pencil Fight hard to play on drums?

21 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is the independence between the hands and the feet.

How long is the drum part?

16 bars, about 0:32 at the written tempo. The course takes it in a single sitting of 2 exercises.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Pencil Fight?

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 13, 14, 15 and 16.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 16 BARS ANALYSED
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