Stain · Nirvana

98 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 2:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock150 BPM and upBeginner
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
2:37
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 77% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-19, 21 and 23, and 17 more places -- 76.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 150 BPM
STAIN · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 26, 46, 70 and 98.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 2 sections: 91 keep time, 4 are fills and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 71-97.

OUTRO
2 groovesCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Stain?

150 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 Stain hard to play on drums?

56 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 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 2:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 5 exercises over 3 sittings, about 18 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, kick and hi-hat foot. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Stain?

1 fill to learn, played 4 times: bars 26, 46, 70 and 98.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 98 BARS ANALYSED
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