Crawl to China
The opening drum beat is a 32 note repeating linear beat, meaning only
one drum, cymbal, or hi-hat is struck at a time. The sequence involves
kick drum, snare, hi-hat 1(14"), hi-hat 2 (12"), china cymbal, splash
cymbal, ride cymbal (bell), tom1, tom 2, tom 3, and tom 4. Here is the
order:
| hit # |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
|
kick |
hh 1 |
snare |
kick |
hh 2 |
kick |
hh 1 |
tom 1 |
kick |
hh 2 |
splash |
kick |
hh 1 |
kick |
tom 2 |
tom 3 |
| hit # |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
32 |
|
kick |
hh 1 |
ride |
kick |
snare |
kick |
china |
tom 1 |
kick |
hh 1 |
tom 2 |
kick |
hh 2 |
kick |
tom 3 |
tom 4 |
The concept of extremes - beautiful to ugly, fast to slow, complicated
to simple - is evident by contrasting this relatively complicated beat
to the simplicity of the end section of the song... basically a single
note played a variety of ways for nearly 45 seconds. Luke and Aaron
trade off vocal lines on the verses.
Ted Kirkpatrick
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