Butcher The Weak · Devourment

190 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
190
LENGTH
4:48
DIFFICULTY
94/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-24 and 49-60 -- 10.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BUTCHER THE WEAK · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 16, 17, 18, 42, 43, 164 and 8 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 16-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 42-43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 164 · LANDS ON BAR 165
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 167 · LANDS ON BAR 168

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

190 bars across 26 sections: 128 keep time, 14 are fills, 4 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 98-116.

PART H
PART F
CHORUS
PART AB
OUTRO
22 groovesVIFHAB+17Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Butcher The Weak?

120 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 Butcher The Weak hard to play on drums?

94 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 79 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

190 bars, about 4:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 70 exercises over 26 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Butcher The Weak?

6 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 16, 17, 18, 42, 43, 164 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 190 BARS ANALYSED
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