War Machine (Project 7) · Nate

86 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 2:27 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
86
LENGTH
2:27
DIFFICULTY
33/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 89% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-29, 31-46 and 54-86 -- 89.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 140 BPM
WAR MACHINE (PROJECT 7) · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

86 bars across 5 sections: 83 keep time and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-46.

CHORUS
OUTRO
4 groovesCBS4S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is War Machine (Project 7)?

140 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 War Machine (Project 7) hard to play on drums?

33 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 24 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

86 bars, about 2:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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