Slam · Rotten Flesh

81 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 2:31 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
2:31
DIFFICULTY
89/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 16-22 -- 8.6% 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
SLAM · BARS 16-17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 1, 5, 6, 7, 15, 23 and 21 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 5-7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 28-31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 10 sections: 31 keep time, 27 are fills and 10 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 8-13.

PART L
PART N
PART Q
PART U
PART AC
PART AI
OUTRO 2
9 groovesYLACNQ+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Slam?

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 Slam hard to play on drums?

89 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 95 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 2:31 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 13 sittings, about 24 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 Slam?

9 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 1, 5, 6, 7, 15, 23 and 21 more.

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