String Theocracy · Mili

71 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 2:27 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
71
LENGTH
2:27
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-27, 37-42 and 57-59 -- 23.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 116 BPM
STRING THEOCRACY · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 13, 14, 19, 35, 43, 47 and 6 more.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 13-14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

71 bars across 12 sections: 40 keep time, 12 are fills, 2 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 21-30.

PART B
PART D
CHORUS
PART N
CHORUS 2
PART S8
PART W
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesLBS8DZ+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is String Theocracy?

116 BPM, in 4/4, 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 String Theocracy hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 71 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

71 bars, about 2:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 32 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 String Theocracy?

6 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 13, 14, 19, 35, 43, 47 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 71 BARS ANALYSED
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