Fetus in Fetu · Dopewhore

319 bars of 4/4 at 153 BPM, about 8:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
153 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
319
LENGTH
8:20
DIFFICULTY
94/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 95, 97 and 99, and 37 more places -- 13.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 153 BPM
FETUS IN FETU · BAR 95
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 35 more.

LOOP · 153 BPM
BARS 14-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 153 BPM
BARS 20-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 153 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 153 BPM
BARS 29-31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

319 bars across 22 sections: 232 keep time, 41 are fills, 18 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 123-143.

PART Z
PART O
PART AF
CHORUS
PART AS
PART Z
PART O
PART AF
CHORUS 2
15 groovesALAFOZD+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Fetus in Fetu?

153 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 Fetus in Fetu hard to play on drums?

94 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

319 bars, about 8:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 68 exercises over 28 sittings, about 24 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 Fetus in Fetu?

11 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 35 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 319 BARS ANALYSED
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