Son Of Robot · Dance Gavin Dance

122 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 109 BPM, 3:21 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalcore / Hardcore90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
109 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
122
LENGTH
3:21
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 50-52, 54-56 and 62-64, and 3 more places -- 20.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 109 BPM
SON OF ROBOT · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 20, 24, 25, 40, 41, 45 and 17 more.

LOOP · 109 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 24-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 40-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

122 bars across 17 sections: 47 keep time, 23 are fills, 9 are stops and 35 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 83-88.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART S3
PART F
CHORUS
PART B
BREAK
PART F
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
10 groovesKBFS1J+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Son Of Robot?

109 BPM, in 3/4, 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 Son Of Robot hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

122 bars, about 3:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 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 Son Of Robot?

9 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 20, 24, 25, 40, 41, 45 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 122 BARS ANALYSED
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