A View from a Hole · Decapitated

183 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 5:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
183
LENGTH
5:51
DIFFICULTY
89/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 101-105, 116 and 159-165, and 1 more place -- 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 · 125 BPM
A VIEW FROM A HOLE · BARS 101-102
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

30 fills to learn, played 72 times: bars 26, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37 and 66 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 36-42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 7 TIMES

26 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

183 bars across 18 sections: 74 keep time, 72 are fills, 4 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 160-165.

COUNT-IN
PART E
CHORUS
PART AE
PART AK
CHORUS 2
PART AK
OUTRO 2
15 groovesSAKEAPBK+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A View from a Hole?

125 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 A View from a Hole hard to play on drums?

89 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 100 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

183 bars, about 5:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 80 exercises over 28 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 A View from a Hole?

30 fills to learn, played 72 times: bars 26, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37 and 66 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 183 BARS ANALYSED
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