Turbocharger ON · Ling Tosite Sigure

189 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:29 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
189
LENGTH
5:29
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-12, 14-16 and 18-20, and 5 more places -- 13.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
TURBOCHARGER ON · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 13, 25, 37, 41, 45, 49 and 52 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 49-50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

189 bars across 17 sections: 83 keep time, 58 are fills, 19 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-24.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART Z
PART Y
PART P
OUTRO
14 groovesCPLAYZ+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Turbocharger ON?

130 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 Turbocharger ON hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 71 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

189 bars, about 5:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 exercises over 21 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, 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 Turbocharger ON?

16 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 13, 25, 37, 41, 45, 49 and 52 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 189 BARS ANALYSED
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