Cutting the Throat of God · Ulcerate

321 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 8:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
321
LENGTH
8:21
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31, 39 and 49-55, and 11 more places -- 16.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
CUTTING THE THROAT OF GOD · BAR 31
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

32 fills to learn, played 55 times: bars 8, 12, 23, 32, 38, 47 and 49 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33

28 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

321 bars across 24 sections: 199 keep time, 55 are fills, 34 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 199-216.

PART G
CHORUS
PART U
PART AL
PART AR
PART AZ
CHORUS 3
PART BT
15 groovesLBTGALB+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cutting the Throat of God?

140 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 Cutting the Throat of God hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 63 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

321 bars, about 8:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 107 exercises over 37 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 Cutting the Throat of God?

32 fills to learn, played 55 times: bars 8, 12, 23, 32, 38, 47 and 49 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 321 BARS ANALYSED
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