Possessed To Skate (2010) (AI) · Suicidal tendencies

178 bars at 170 BPM -- fast, and 4:11 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
170 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
178
LENGTH
4:11
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 32, 34 and 36, and 27 more places -- 17% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 170 BPM
POSSESSED TO SKATE (2010) (AI) · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 23 more.

LOOP · 170 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 170 BPM
BARS 3-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 170 BPM
BARS 8-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 170 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

178 bars across 18 sections: 98 keep time, 29 are fills, 21 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-44.

PART H
PART K
PART S
PART X
CHORUS
PART Q
PART X
PART AY
OUTRO
13 groovesAFKQXAY+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Possessed To Skate (2010) (AI)?

170 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Possessed To Skate (2010) (AI) hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

178 bars, about 4:11 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 68 exercises over 19 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Possessed To Skate (2010) (AI)?

14 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 23 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 178 BARS ANALYSED
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