46 And 2 · Tool

123 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 5:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRockUnder 90 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
123
LENGTH
5:59
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 39, 41-45 and 63-66 -- 8.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
46 AND 2 · BAR 41
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 7, 13, 38, 47, 48, 49 and 20 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 47-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

123 bars across 13 sections: 73 keep time, 26 are fills, 4 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 24-30.

PART A
PART M
PART N
PART O
PART Q
PART AA
PART AI
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
12 groovesAOQAAIBE+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 46 And 2?

80 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 46 And 2 hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 66 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

123 bars, about 5:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 19 sittings, about 25 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 46 And 2?

14 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 7, 13, 38, 47, 48, 49 and 20 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 123 BARS ANALYSED
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