Simulation Swarm · Big Thief

110 bars of 4/4 at a walking 107 BPM, 4:03 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Country / FolkAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
107 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
110
LENGTH
4:03
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-4, 6 and 8, and 32 more places -- 49.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 107 BPM
SIMULATION SWARM · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 37, 61, 81, 87, 89, 91 and 3 more.

LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 97 · LANDS ON BAR 98
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 110
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

110 bars across 8 sections: 91 keep time and 9 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-29.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART K
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBKCLFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Simulation Swarm?

107 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 Simulation Swarm hard to play on drums?

49 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 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

110 bars, about 4:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Simulation Swarm?

3 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 37, 61, 81, 87, 89, 91 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 110 BARS ANALYSED
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