Scourge of the Offspring · Cattle Decapitation

170 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:32 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
170
LENGTH
4:32
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 73-74, 77-80 and 83-86, and 5 more places -- 16.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
SCOURGE OF THE OFFSPRING · BAR 74
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 44 times: bars 1, 3, 5, 7, 16, 17 and 38 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

170 bars across 14 sections: 99 keep time, 46 are fills and 6 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 114-129.

PART B
PART Q
CHORUS
PART AX
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesAIAXBQW+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Scourge of the Offspring?

140 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 Scourge of the Offspring hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 63 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

170 bars, about 4:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 60 exercises over 22 sittings, about 25 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 Scourge of the Offspring?

16 fills to learn, played 44 times: bars 1, 3, 5, 7, 16, 17 and 38 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 170 BARS ANALYSED
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