X-Men '97 Theme · Lame Genie

30 bars of 4/4 at 121 BPM, about 1:00 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
121 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
30
LENGTH
1:00
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7 -- 10% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 121 BPM
X-MEN '97 THEME · BAR 5
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 15 and 8 more.

LOOP · 121 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 121 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 121 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 121 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

30 bars across 5 sections: 11 keep time, 14 are fills and 1 is a stop.

PART E
PART G
PART J
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesOEGJMFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is X-Men '97 Theme?

121 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 X-Men '97 Theme hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

30 bars, about 1:00 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 22 exercises over 7 sittings, about 28 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 X-Men '97 Theme?

7 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 15 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 30 BARS ANALYSED
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