sir bladder the 9th · hippocratic oath

183 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
183
LENGTH
5:38
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-7, 9-15 and 93-99, and 3 more places -- 23.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
SIR BLADDER THE 9TH · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 8, 16, 28, 32, 36, 40 and 37 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

183 bars across 16 sections: 119 keep time, 44 are fills, 2 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 111-124.

CHORUS
PART G
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART V
PART AD
OUTRO 2
10 groovesAGADIM+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is sir bladder the 9th?

130 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 sir bladder the 9th hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 69 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

183 bars, about 5:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 62 exercises over 19 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 sir bladder the 9th?

18 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 8, 16, 28, 32, 36, 40 and 37 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 183 BARS ANALYSED
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