Tommy The Cat (4 string bass) · Primus

133 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 4:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieFunk / Soul90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
133
LENGTH
4:35
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 16-17, 19-20 and 49-52, and 1 more place -- 10.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 116 BPM
TOMMY THE CAT (4 STRING BASS) · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 1, 2, 5, 6, 14, 53 and 12 more.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

133 bars across 13 sections: 95 keep time, 19 are fills, 3 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 23-38.

PART G
CHORUS
PART N
PART AB
CHORUS 2
PART AN
PART AE
PART AN
PART Z
OUTRO
9 groovesKANNAEG+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Tommy The Cat (4 string bass)?

116 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 Tommy The Cat (4 string bass) 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 63 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

133 bars, about 4:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 22 sittings, about 25 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 Tommy The Cat (4 string bass)?

14 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 1, 2, 5, 6, 14, 53 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 133 BARS ANALYSED
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