12 Gauge Autopsy · Peelingflesh

73 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 2:29 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
73
LENGTH
2:29
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 1-3, 5-7 and 18-20, and 1 more place -- 17.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
12 GAUGE AUTOPSY · BARS 1-2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 14, 16, 17, 25, 29, 30 and 10 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 29-35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 7 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

73 bars across 8 sections: 40 keep time, 16 are fills, 7 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 37-44.

CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART S4
PART U
PART Z
OUTRO
7 groovesAZUAFE+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 12 Gauge Autopsy?

130 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 12 Gauge Autopsy hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

73 bars, about 2:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 12 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 12 Gauge Autopsy?

9 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 14, 16, 17, 25, 29, 30 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 73 BARS ANALYSED
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