Caught in a Vortex (live) · Abhorrence

108 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 4:13 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
4:13
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 26-28, 30-32 and 34-37, and 2 more places -- 16.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
CAUGHT IN A VORTEX (LIVE) · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 9, 11, 19, 21, 29, 33 and 15 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 14 sections: 48 keep time, 21 are fills, 12 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 43-48.

PART A
CHORUS
PART L
PART P
CHORUS 2
PART P
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesHLPS14A+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Caught in a Vortex (live)?

110 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 Caught in a Vortex (live) hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 13 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Caught in a Vortex (live)?

15 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 9, 11, 19, 21, 29, 33 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 108 BARS ANALYSED
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