Regular People (Conceit) · Pantera

169 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 5:50 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

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TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
5:50
DIFFICULTY
87/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 112-122, 124-126 and 128-138, and 1 more place -- 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 · 116 BPM
REGULAR PEOPLE (CONCEIT) · BARS 112-113
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12 and 9 more.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 1-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 20 sections: 126 keep time, 15 are fills, 3 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 113-142.

PART E
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART J
CHORUS 3
PART AA
13 groovesNAAJQE+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Regular People (Conceit)?

116 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 Regular People (Conceit) hard to play on drums?

87 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 5:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 21 sittings, about 23 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 Regular People (Conceit)?

8 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 169 BARS ANALYSED
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