Senses Working Overtime · XTC

152 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:41 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePop120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
4:41
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-33, 36-40 and 72-75, and 9 more places -- 21.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
SENSES WORKING OVERTIME · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 28, 29, 35, 70, 71, 77 and 9 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 28-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 104-105 · LANDS ON BAR 106 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 140 · LANDS ON BAR 141

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

152 bars across 13 sections: 121 keep time, 15 are fills, 1 is a stop and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 43-62.

PART B
PART C
PART D
CHORUS
PART C
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART J
PART L
PART J
OUTRO 2
7 groovesFCJDB+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Senses Working Overtime?

130 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Senses Working Overtime hard to play on drums?

58 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?

152 bars, about 4:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 10 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 Senses Working Overtime?

5 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 28, 29, 35, 70, 71, 77 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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