The Fall Of Troy "Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles" · Fall

138 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 3:48 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
138
LENGTH
3:48
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5, 7 and 9, and 11 more places -- 11.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 128 BPM
THE FALL OF TROY "MOUTHS LIKE SIDEWINDER MISSILES" · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 42, 54, 55, 118, 119 and 120.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43
LOOP · 128 BPM
BARS 54-55 · LANDS ON BAR 56 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

138 bars across 16 sections: 88 keep time, 6 are fills, 12 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 96-109.

CHORUS
PART F
PART J
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART R
PART S9
PART U
PART V
PART AC
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
14 groovesBAIACAVF+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Fall Of Troy "Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles"?

128 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 The Fall Of Troy "Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles" hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

138 bars, about 3:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 22 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 The Fall Of Troy "Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles"?

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 42, 54, 55, 118, 119 and 120.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 138 BARS ANALYSED
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