Block · Machine Head

145 bars of 4/4 at a walking 106 BPM, 5:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
106 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
145
LENGTH
5:10
DIFFICULTY
93/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 14-17, 36-39 and 50, and 1 more place -- 9.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 106 BPM
BLOCK · BARS 14-15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 42 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 36 more.

LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 106 BPM
BARS 11-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 106 BPM
BARS 22-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 8 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

145 bars across 19 sections: 77 keep time, 42 are fills, 1 is a stop and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 72-84.

CHORUS
PART P
PART AB
PART AG
PART AK
CHORUS 2
PART P
OUTRO 2
11 groovesDAKPLAG+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Block?

106 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 Block hard to play on drums?

93 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

145 bars, about 5:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 21 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 Block?

13 fills to learn, played 42 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 36 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 145 BARS ANALYSED
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