Venusian 2 · King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

89 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 2:38 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
2:38
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 46% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 27-33, 35-41 and 43-45, and 4 more places -- 45.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 135 BPM
VENUSIAN 2 · BAR 28
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 12, 26, 34, 52, 58, 78 and 1 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 88 · LANDS ON BAR 89
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 8 sections: 70 keep time, 7 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 35-51.

PART B
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
6 groovesGBAS4S8+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Venusian 2?

135 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 Venusian 2 hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 57 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

89 bars, about 2:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 9 sittings, about 22 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 Venusian 2?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 12, 26, 34, 52, 58, 78 and 1 more.

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