Bottom Feeder · Parkway Drive

129 bars of 4/4 at 121 BPM, about 4:14 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
121 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
4:14
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-16, 46-52 and 114-116, and 3 more places -- 17.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 121 BPM
BOTTOM FEEDER · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 25, 61, 85, 90, 97, 105 and 1 more.

LOOP · 121 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 121 BPM
BAR 85 · LANDS ON BAR 86
LOOP · 121 BPM
BAR 90 · LANDS ON BAR 91
LOOP · 121 BPM
BAR 97 · LANDS ON BAR 98 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 16 sections: 97 keep time, 7 are fills, 2 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 71-81.

PART B
CHORUS
PART H
PART L
PART R
CHORUS 2
PART H
PART L
PART R
PART V
PART AE
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesFRHLAE+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bottom Feeder?

121 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 Bottom Feeder hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 4:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 17 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Bottom Feeder?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 25, 61, 85, 90, 97, 105 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 129 BARS ANALYSED
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