Woodpecker From Mars · Faith No More

122 bars of 6/4 -- not four -- at 138 BPM, 4:44 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveMetal120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
6/4
BARS
122
LENGTH
4:44
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 20, 32-34 and 38-39 -- 8.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
WOODPECKER FROM MARS · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27 and 15 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 19-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 26-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 35-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 45-47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

122 bars across 11 sections: 23 keep time, 23 are fills, 18 are stops and 53 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 37-40.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART H
PART E
CHORUS
PART AB
BREAK 2
10 groovesS11S6ABS1H+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Woodpecker From Mars?

138 BPM, in 6/4, 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 Woodpecker From Mars hard to play on drums?

40 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 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

122 bars, about 4:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Woodpecker From Mars?

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 122 BARS ANALYSED
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