"Toxic" · a static lullaby

117 bars of 4/4 at 143 BPM, about 3:16 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
143 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
3:16
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35-41, 69-75 and 97-100, and 1 more place -- 21.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 143 BPM
"TOXIC" · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 15, 16, 23, 34, 42, 50 and 12 more.

LOOP · 143 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 14 sections: 77 keep time, 18 are fills and 7 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 85-93.

PART B
PART C
PART H
CHORUS
PART Q
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART Q
PART V
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesOHQJV+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is "Toxic"?

143 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 "Toxic" 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 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 3:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 13 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 "Toxic"?

6 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 15, 16, 23, 34, 42, 50 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 117 BARS ANALYSED
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