THE PLOT TO NUKE THE MIDWEST · Psycho-Frame

97 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 3:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
97
LENGTH
3:06
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 82-86, 88 and 91-92 -- 8.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
THE PLOT TO NUKE THE MIDWEST · BAR 82
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 7 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 2-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

97 bars across 10 sections: 68 keep time, 13 are fills, 3 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 61-79.

PART S2
PART K
PART S
PART W
PART AC
PART Q
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesAHKAZSW+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is THE PLOT TO NUKE THE MIDWEST?

125 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 PLOT TO NUKE THE MIDWEST hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

97 bars, about 3:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 17 sittings, about 24 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 PLOT TO NUKE THE MIDWEST?

7 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 7 more.

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