Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But… · Arctic Monkeys

146 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
146
LENGTH
4:30
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-11, 13-15 and 18-20, and 5 more places -- 14.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
PERHAPS VAMPIRES IS A BIT STRONG BUT… · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 7, 36, 40, 48, 84, 94 and 27 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 84 · LANDS ON BAR 85
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 94 · LANDS ON BAR 95

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

146 bars across 17 sections: 82 keep time, 33 are fills, 4 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 65-83.

PART A
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART G
PART L
PART O
PART S14
PART Y
OUTRO 2
13 groovesELOGAI+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But…?

130 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 Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But… hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

146 bars, about 4:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 15 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But…?

13 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 7, 36, 40, 48, 84, 94 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 146 BARS ANALYSED
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