Washer · Slint

239 bars of 4/4 at 111 BPM, about 8:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieProgressive90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
111 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
239
LENGTH
8:37
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 13-14, 17 and 21, and 19 more places -- 13.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 111 BPM
WASHER · BARS 13-14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 14, 18, 22, 30, 50, 58 and 11 more.

LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 62 · LANDS ON BAR 63
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 104 · LANDS ON BAR 105 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

239 bars across 19 sections: 178 keep time, 18 are fills and 11 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 205-233.

PART M
CHORUS 3
PART Z
CHORUS 5
PART AI
PART Z
PART AN
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesEAIZMAN+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Washer?

111 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 Washer hard to play on drums?

58 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

239 bars, about 8:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 69 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, 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 Washer?

9 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 14, 18, 22, 30, 50, 58 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 239 BARS ANALYSED
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