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Sicko · Dreadknaw

EXERCISE 7 OF 50
Groove J -- Part J
32 / 98 BARS COVERED
0 / 50 PASSED · 9 BARS LIT · IN THE PART J
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
GROOVE · 9
FILL · 8
LAND · 8
RUN · 3
JOIN · 10
LINK · 1
SECTION · 10
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Sicko on drums

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.

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
76/100

kick and crashes through bar 1, toms through bars 2-3, hi-hat through bars 4-13, toms through bars 14-16, ride through bars 17-19 and hi-hat through bars 20-28, and 7 more changes after that.

The beat

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.

    69
    1.......2.......3.......4.......
CC |X-------------------------------|
HH |--------o-------o-------o-------|
SD |--------X---------------X-------|
BD |X---------------X---------------|
Sicko -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

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

What the course does

It cuts the song into 41 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- AA -- 2 exercises, about 19 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- C -- 4 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- J -- 4 exercises, about 26 minutes. Open above.
  4. Bars 3-21 -- 2 exercises, about 20 minutes.
  5. Through Part F and Part J -- 4 exercises, about 31 minutes.
  6. Bars 25-43 -- 6 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  7. Bars 38-53 -- 4 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  8. Bars 51-58 -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  9. and 4 more sittings after that.
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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