Exercises In Futility I · Mgla

161 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 7:50 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
161
LENGTH
7:50
DIFFICULTY
99/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 32-34, 36-38 and 40-42, and 5 more places -- 15.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
EXERCISES IN FUTILITY I · BAR 32
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 57 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 51 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 8-10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 12-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

19 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

161 bars across 15 sections: 81 keep time, 57 are fills, 5 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 144-158.

PART E
PART L
PART R
PART W
PART AB
PART AI
PART R
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesAGRAIABW+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Exercises In Futility I?

80 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 Exercises In Futility I hard to play on drums?

99 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

161 bars, about 7:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 exercises over 20 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 Exercises In Futility I?

21 fills to learn, played 57 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 51 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 161 BARS ANALYSED
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