slammer time · finideaspsy

96 bars of 4/4 at a walking 101 BPM, 3:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
101 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
96
LENGTH
3:48
DIFFICULTY
84/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1, 3 and 9-11, and 6 more places -- 16.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 101 BPM
SLAMMER TIME · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 2, 4, 8, 12, 14, 16 and 21 more.

LOOP · 101 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 101 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 101 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 101 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

96 bars across 18 sections: 27 keep time, 27 are fills, 26 are stops and 5 are silent.

CHORUS
CHORUS 3
PART N
PART R
CHORUS 4
OUTRO
9 groovesANDJR+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is slammer time?

101 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 slammer time hard to play on drums?

84 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 79 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

96 bars, about 3:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 11 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 slammer time?

13 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 2, 4, 8, 12, 14, 16 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 96 BARS ANALYSED
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