Sicko · Dreadknaw

98 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 3:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 69-84 -- 17.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 105 BPM
SICKO · BAR 69
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 4, 8, 12, 29, 30, 39 and 12 more.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 29-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 39-42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 13 sections: 46 keep time, 18 are fills, 14 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 31-37.

CHORUS
PART F
PART J
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART S
PART W
PART AA
OUTRO
12 groovesCAAJFW+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sicko?

105 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 Sicko hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 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 Sicko?

8 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 4, 8, 12, 29, 30, 39 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 98 BARS ANALYSED
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