The System Has Failed · Random Dude

218 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 8:43 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
218
LENGTH
8:43
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11, 15 and 19, and 14 more places -- 19.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED · BAR 28
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 12, 16, 20, 24, 99, 104 and 11 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 99 · LANDS ON BAR 100
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 104-105 · LANDS ON BAR 106 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

218 bars across 26 sections: 149 keep time, 19 are fills, 5 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 26-43.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART AQ
14 groovesDRAQTAG+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The System Has Failed?

100 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 System Has Failed hard to play on drums?

56 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

218 bars, about 8:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 62 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 The System Has Failed?

8 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 12, 16, 20, 24, 99, 104 and 11 more.

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