Sludge type thing · unbound solstice

164 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
4:57
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 18-19, 21-22 and 24-25, and 7 more places -- 9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
SLUDGE TYPE THING · BARS 18-19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 10, 11, 12, 19, 25, 37 and 30 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 10-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 37-38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

195 bars across 13 sections: 110 keep time, 36 are fills, 11 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 157-183.

PART K
CHORUS 2
PART K
CHORUS 3
PART Z
PART AN
PART AE
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesCKBEAEAN+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sludge type thing?

120 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 Sludge type thing hard to play on drums?

43 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

164 bars, about 4:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 13 sittings, about 29 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 Sludge type thing?

9 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 10, 11, 12, 19, 25, 37 and 30 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 164 BARS ANALYSED
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