Truly Random Code · A lot like birds

164 bars of 4/4 at 142 BPM, about 4:40 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
142 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
4:40
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 84-86 and 99-115 -- 12.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 142 BPM
TRULY RANDOM CODE · BAR 85
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 59, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 and 26 more.

LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 59 · LANDS ON BAR 60
LOOP · 142 BPM
BARS 63-67 · LANDS ON BAR 68 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 75 · LANDS ON BAR 76
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 79 · LANDS ON BAR 80 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

164 bars across 15 sections: 91 keep time, 32 are fills, 14 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 100-115.

PART G
PART O
PART Q
PART T
PART AF
PART AE
PART AH
OUTRO
13 groovesABAEAHAFQ+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Truly Random Code?

142 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 Truly Random Code hard to play on drums?

54 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 19 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

164 bars, about 4:40 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 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 Truly Random Code?

13 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 59, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 and 26 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 164 BARS ANALYSED
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