Danny Carey | "Pneuma" by Tool · Tool

280 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 10:32 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
280
LENGTH
10:32
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 117-121, 123-125 and 127-131, and 1 more place -- 7.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
DANNY CAREY | "PNEUMA" BY TOOL · BAR 137
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 56 times: bars 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 48 and 50 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 48-51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 53-56 · LANDS ON BAR 57 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

280 bars across 34 sections: 142 keep time, 56 are fills, 17 are stops and 31 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 31-39.

PART C
PART AE
PART BE
CHORUS
PART CG
PART DK
PART EC
29 groovesBUCCGCCDK+24Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Danny Carey | "Pneuma" by Tool?

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 Danny Carey | "Pneuma" by Tool hard to play on drums?

62 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

280 bars, about 10:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 105 exercises over 33 sittings, about 26 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 Danny Carey | "Pneuma" by Tool?

20 fills to learn, played 56 times: bars 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 48 and 50 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 280 BARS ANALYSED
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