Raped By Elephants · Torsofuck

136 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 3:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
136
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-44 and 110-119 -- 13.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
RAPED BY ELEPHANTS · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 80, 85, 90 and 95.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

136 bars across 11 sections: 65 keep time, 4 are fills, 54 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 98-109.

PART C
CHORUS
PART I
PART J
PART S6
PART O
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesGIRJC+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Raped By Elephants?

135 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 Raped By Elephants hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

136 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Raped By Elephants?

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 80, 85, 90 and 95.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 136 BARS ANALYSED
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