Waiting Room · Fugazi

67 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 2:49 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePunk90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
67
LENGTH
2:49
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 40% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 17-19 and 21-22, and 6 more places -- 39.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 94 BPM
WAITING ROOM · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 5, 11, 23, 26, 33, 34 and 7 more.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

67 bars across 7 sections: 44 keep time, 13 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 35-42.

COUNT-IN
PART D
CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesFHDS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Waiting Room?

94 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 Waiting Room hard to play on drums?

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

How long is the drum part?

67 bars, about 2:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Waiting Room?

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 5, 11, 23, 26, 33, 34 and 7 more.

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