Song 3 · Diseased Ways

182 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 5:18 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
182
LENGTH
5:18
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2, 4 and 6, and 14 more places -- 21.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
SONG 3 · BAR 45
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 40, 47, 55, 61, 140, 148 and 6 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 158-161 · LANDS ON BAR 162 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 166 · LANDS ON BAR 167
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

182 bars across 22 sections: 131 keep time, 12 are fills, 13 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-15.

CHORUS
PART F
PART O
PART A
PART K
OUTRO
18 groovesBAFKO+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Song 3?

140 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 Song 3 hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

182 bars, about 5:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 18 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Song 3?

4 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 40, 47, 55, 61, 140, 148 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 182 BARS ANALYSED
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