Revolve · Melvins

108 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 4:49 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
4:49
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 35% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-12, 14-16 and 18-20, and 6 more places -- 35% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 95 BPM
REVOLVE · BAR 82
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25 and 11 more.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 14 sections: 67 keep time, 17 are fills, 8 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 83-93.

PART B
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART J
PART R
PART S
PART T
PART U
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
10 groovesFJBST+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Revolve?

95 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 Revolve hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 4:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 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 Revolve?

8 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 108 BARS ANALYSED
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