The Ol' Grizz by Primus · Primus

132 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
132
LENGTH
4:24
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 9-15, 37-43 and 102-108 -- 17.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THE OL' GRIZZ BY PRIMUS · BARS 9-10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 24, 28, 32, 47, 48, 62 and 10 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 47-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

132 bars across 23 sections: 83 keep time, 16 are fills, 4 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 51-61.

CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART P
PART X
PART Z
CHORUS 3
PART E
OUTRO
14 groovesCFIPE+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Ol' Grizz by Primus?

120 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 Ol' Grizz by Primus hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 75 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

132 bars, about 4:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 16 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 The Ol' Grizz by Primus?

12 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 24, 28, 32, 47, 48, 62 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 132 BARS ANALYSED
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