Ripped to Pieces1 · Agonal Breathing

105 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 2:48 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
2:48
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 60% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-16, 19-34 and 51-66, and 2 more places -- 60% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 150 BPM
RIPPED TO PIECES1 · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 7 sections: 79 keep time, 17 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-34.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
4 groovesACFS6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ripped to Pieces1?

150 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 Ripped to Pieces1 hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 2:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

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