Serpentskirt · Cocteau Twins

76 bars of 4/4 at a walking 78 BPM, 3:52 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Jazz / BluesUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
78 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
3:52
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 55% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-8, 10-15 and 18-20, and 11 more places -- 54.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 78 BPM
SERPENTSKIRT · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 9, 17, 21, 23, 25, 37 and 9 more.

LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 7 sections: 52 keep time, 15 are fills, 1 is a stop and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-8.

CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART H
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBHS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Serpentskirt?

78 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 Serpentskirt hard to play on drums?

43 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 3:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 5 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Serpentskirt?

5 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 9, 17, 21, 23, 25, 37 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 76 BARS ANALYSED
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