Regular train with sane people on it. · Highead

53 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 1:32 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
53
LENGTH
1:32
DIFFICULTY
98/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 24-25 and 37-38 -- 7.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
REGULAR TRAIN WITH SANE PEOPLE ON IT. · BARS 24-25
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 23 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 1-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 22 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 49-53 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

53 bars across 4 sections: 18 keep time, 29 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 23-26.

CHORUS
PART AG
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesXAGFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Regular train with sane people on it.?

138 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 train with sane people on it. hard to play on drums?

98 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 100 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

53 bars, about 1:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 7 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 train with sane people on it.?

3 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 23 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 53 BARS ANALYSED
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