ringmasters cage · 67

132 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
132
LENGTH
4:24
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 63, 67 and 71, and 10 more places -- 20.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
RINGMASTERS CAGE · BAR 93
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 3, 7, 80, 81, 83, 84 and 1 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 80-81 · LANDS ON BAR 82 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 83-84 · LANDS ON BAR 85 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

132 bars across 15 sections: 80 keep time, 7 are fills, 32 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 27-34.

PART G
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART R
PART A
PART S
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesJAGRS+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is ringmasters cage?

120 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 ringmasters cage hard to play on drums?

63 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

132 bars, about 4:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 14 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 ringmasters cage?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 3, 7, 80, 81, 83, 84 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 132 BARS ANALYSED
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