Shapeshifter · Memphis May Fire

98 bars of 4/4 at 127 BPM, about 3:05 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
127 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
3:05
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-4, 7-8 and 10-12, and 9 more places -- 22.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 127 BPM
SHAPESHIFTER · BAR 23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 5, 9, 13, 14, 25, 34 and 5 more.

LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 127 BPM
BARS 13-14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 8 sections: 62 keep time, 11 are fills, 11 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 79-85.

CHORUS
PART A
PART L
PART A
BREAK
PART R
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCARLS5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Shapeshifter?

127 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 Shapeshifter 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 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 3:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 11 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Shapeshifter?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 5, 9, 13, 14, 25, 34 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 98 BARS ANALYSED
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