Smells Like A Freakshow · Avatar

118 bars of 4/4 at a walking 107 BPM, 4:24 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
107 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
118
LENGTH
4:24
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-32, 53-59 and 93-100 -- 21.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 107 BPM
SMELLS LIKE A FREAKSHOW · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 2, 4, 23, 50, 51, 60 and 6 more.

LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24
LOOP · 107 BPM
BARS 50-51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

118 bars across 12 sections: 73 keep time, 13 are fills, 5 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 26-46.

PART D
PART E
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART P
PART T
PART X
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesJDS11XAD+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Smells Like A Freakshow?

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 Smells Like A Freakshow hard to play on drums?

59 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 12 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

118 bars, about 4:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 12 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Smells Like A Freakshow?

7 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 2, 4, 23, 50, 51, 60 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 118 BARS ANALYSED
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