Potato-Head In Wonderland · UtsuP

128 bars of 4/4 at 136 BPM, about 3:46 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
136 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
128
LENGTH
3:46
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-13, 15-17 and 49-50, and 5 more places -- 17.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 136 BPM
POTATO-HEAD IN WONDERLAND · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 2, 5, 6, 9, 29, 30 and 8 more.

LOOP · 136 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 136 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 136 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

128 bars across 18 sections: 88 keep time, 14 are fills, 2 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 103-113.

PART C
PART J
PART Q
PART V
CHORUS
PART C
PART J
PART Q
PART V
CHORUS 2
11 groovesWCJQV+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Potato-Head In Wonderland?

136 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 Potato-Head In Wonderland hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 80 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

128 bars, about 3:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 19 sittings, about 24 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 Potato-Head In Wonderland?

6 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 2, 5, 6, 9, 29, 30 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 128 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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