The Return Of The Giant Hogweed · Genesis

281 bars of 4/4 at 142 BPM, about 7:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
142 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
281
LENGTH
7:57
DIFFICULTY
87/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 235-238, 240-242 and 244-253, and 8 more places -- 9.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 142 BPM
THE RETURN OF THE GIANT HOGWEED · BAR 238
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 20, 28, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 31 more.

LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

281 bars across 28 sections: 191 keep time, 37 are fills, 14 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 195-216.

PART A
PART AJ
PART BG
PART BI
CHORUS
21 groovesBLBGHWL+16Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Return Of The Giant Hogweed?

142 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 Return Of The Giant Hogweed hard to play on drums?

87 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

281 bars, about 7:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 102 exercises over 39 sittings, about 24 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 The Return Of The Giant Hogweed?

22 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 20, 28, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 31 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 281 BARS ANALYSED
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