This Cat Is a Landmine · 65daysofstatic

160 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
160
LENGTH
4:34
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-27, 29-31 and 77-80, and 1 more place -- 8.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
THIS CAT IS A LANDMINE · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 24, 28, 32, 47, 48, 49 and 52 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 47-51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

160 bars across 17 sections: 61 keep time, 58 are fills, 5 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 16-23.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART E
PART I
PART O
PART E
PART AJ
CHORUS
OUTRO 2
15 groovesANEOCS1+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is This Cat Is a Landmine?

140 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 This Cat Is a Landmine hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

160 bars, about 4:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 65 exercises over 21 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 This Cat Is a Landmine?

14 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 24, 28, 32, 47, 48, 49 and 52 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 160 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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