super duper awesome · Duck-E

168 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
168
LENGTH
5:08
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-32, 34 and 36, and 7 more places -- 13.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
SUPER DUPER AWESOME · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 29, 33, 35, 37, 61, 65 and 27 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

175 bars across 21 sections: 94 keep time, 33 are fills, 17 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-22.

PART F
CHORUS
PART A
PART AA
PART AC
CHORUS 3
PART AA
PART Z
PART F
14 groovesKFAAZA+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is super duper awesome?

130 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 super duper awesome hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

168 bars, about 5:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 65 exercises over 19 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 super duper awesome?

16 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 29, 33, 35, 37, 61, 65 and 27 more.

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