THRUST [DRUMS] · White Zombie

144 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
144
LENGTH
4:48
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-25, 36-40 and 112-118, and 1 more place -- 14% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THRUST [DRUMS] · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 10, 14, 17, 18, 26, 30 and 21 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

144 bars across 17 sections: 75 keep time, 27 are fills, 20 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 19-25.

PART E
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART N
PART Q
PART W
PART E
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
10 groovesIEWFN+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is THRUST [DRUMS]?

120 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 THRUST [DRUMS] hard to play on drums?

62 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 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

144 bars, about 4:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 16 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 THRUST [DRUMS]?

11 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 10, 14, 17, 18, 26, 30 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 144 BARS ANALYSED
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