Villians of Circumstance v2 · Queens Of The Stone Age

114 bars of 4/4 at a walking 104 BPM, 4:23 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
104 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
114
LENGTH
4:23
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-8, 10-12 and 53-55, and 1 more place -- 15.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 104 BPM
VILLIANS OF CIRCUMSTANCE V2 · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 5, 9, 52, 56, 72, 81 and 9 more.

LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 104 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73
LOOP · 104 BPM
BARS 81-83 · LANDS ON BAR 84 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

114 bars across 11 sections: 49 keep time, 15 are fills, 3 are stops and 38 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 97-105.

PART C
PART F
CHORUS
PART C
PART E
PART F
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesS4ICFN+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Villians of Circumstance v2?

104 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 Villians of Circumstance v2 hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 82 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

114 bars, about 4:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Villians of Circumstance v2?

6 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 5, 9, 52, 56, 72, 81 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 114 BARS ANALYSED
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