Exercise in Futility V - DD · Mgla

162 bars of 4/4 at a walking 85 BPM, 7:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
162
LENGTH
7:37
DIFFICULTY
91/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 50-52, 54-56 and 58-60, and 5 more places -- 15.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 85 BPM
EXERCISE IN FUTILITY V - DD · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 49, 67, 79, 81, 105, 121 and 2 more.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 67 · LANDS ON BAR 68 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 105 · LANDS ON BAR 106

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

162 bars across 11 sections: 129 keep time, 8 are fills, 2 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 125-146.

PART S1
CHORUS
PART O
PART Q
OUTRO
10 groovesGBQCO+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Exercise in Futility V - DD?

85 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 Exercise in Futility V - DD hard to play on drums?

91 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 74 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

162 bars, about 7:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 14 sittings, about 25 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 Exercise in Futility V - DD?

5 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 49, 67, 79, 81, 105, 121 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 162 BARS ANALYSED
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