Watch me decompose · FATAAL

154 bars of 4/4 at 143 BPM, about 4:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
143 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
154
LENGTH
4:20
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-27, 29-31 and 33-35, and 6 more places -- 18.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 143 BPM
WATCH ME DECOMPOSE · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 24, 96, 100 and 123.

LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 96 · LANDS ON BAR 97
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 100 · LANDS ON BAR 101
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 123 · LANDS ON BAR 124
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

154 bars across 13 sections: 108 keep time, 4 are fills, 20 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 138-153.

PART B
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART P
PART S10
PART T
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesFLBPS10+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Watch me decompose?

143 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 Watch me decompose hard to play on drums?

47 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

154 bars, about 4:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Watch me decompose?

4 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 24, 96, 100 and 123.

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