Clenching The Fists Of Dissent · Machine Head

304 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 10:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
304
LENGTH
10:22
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38-40, 42-43 and 46-48, and 7 more places -- 10.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 115 BPM
CLENCHING THE FISTS OF DISSENT · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 34, 36, 41, 44, 52, 57 and 26 more.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

304 bars across 48 sections: 167 keep time, 32 are fills, 35 are stops and 31 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-27.

PART C
CHORUS
PART AD
PART AR
PART S24
PART AZ
32 groovesHCADBDBB+27Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Clenching The Fists Of Dissent?

115 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 Clenching The Fists Of Dissent hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 78 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

304 bars, about 10:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 96 exercises over 30 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 Clenching The Fists Of Dissent?

13 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 34, 36, 41, 44, 52, 57 and 26 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 304 BARS ANALYSED
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