4 Degrees · Tool

131 bars of 4/4 at a walking 87 BPM, 5:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
87 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
131
LENGTH
5:48
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 92-95, 97-98 and 116-126 -- 13.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 87 BPM
4 DEGREES · BAR 92
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 50 times: bars 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 44 more.

LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 87 BPM
BARS 19-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

131 bars across 10 sections: 61 keep time, 50 are fills, 5 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 69-79.

CHORUS
PART Q
PART Y
PART AH
PART AP
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesDQAPAHY+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 4 Degrees?

87 BPM, in 4/4, 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 4 Degrees hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

131 bars, about 5:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 17 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in 4 Degrees?

18 fills to learn, played 50 times: bars 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 44 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 131 BARS ANALYSED
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