throw a book at my head if im wrong · m e t a n o i a.

98 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 80 BPM, 4:02 of playing on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Under 90 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
4:02
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8-22 and 31 -- 19.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
THROW A BOOK AT MY HEAD IF IM WRONG · BAR 8
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 1-7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 71-72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

110 bars across 8 sections: 49 keep time, 13 are fills, 16 are stops and 27 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 8-22.

PART E
PART F
PART S3
CHORUS
PART N
PART R
OUTRO
BREAK
8 groovesKES8FR+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is throw a book at my head if im wrong?

80 BPM, in 3/4, 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 throw a book at my head if im wrong hard to play on drums?

52 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 4:02 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 throw a book at my head if im wrong?

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 more.

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