Sober to Death · Car Seat Headrest

134 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 4:40 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
134
LENGTH
4:40
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 62-77 and 91-93 -- 18.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 115 BPM
SOBER TO DEATH · BAR 63
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 24, 39, 45, 61, 78, 84 and 4 more.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 78 · LANDS ON BAR 79

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

134 bars across 18 sections: 79 keep time, 10 are fills and 31 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 63-77.

COUNT-IN
PART A
CHORUS
PART K
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART M
PART S9
PART C
PART C
13 groovesFMCS1A+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sober to Death?

115 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 Sober to Death hard to play on drums?

52 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 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

134 bars, about 4:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Sober to Death?

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 24, 39, 45, 61, 78, 84 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 134 BARS ANALYSED
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