watch me die here · sillyserpent

87 bars of 4/4 at 141 BPM, about 2:26 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
141 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
2:26
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 57-59 and 61-63 -- 6.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 141 BPM
WATCH ME DIE HERE · BARS 57-58
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 11, 14, 16 and 27 more.

LOOP · 141 BPM
BARS 4-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 141 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 141 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 141 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 9 sections: 37 keep time, 33 are fills, 8 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 58-63.

PART D
PART I
PART U
CHORUS
PART AQ
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesRAQBADU+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is watch me die here?

141 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 watch me die here hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 59 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 2:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 13 sittings, about 26 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 die here?

15 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 11, 14, 16 and 27 more.

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