Forty Six & 2 · Tool

123 bars of 4/4 at a walking 78 BPM, 6:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
78 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
123
LENGTH
6:08
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 16-30 -- 13% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 78 BPM
FORTY SIX & 2 · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 38, 47, 48, 49, 62, 63 and 18 more.

LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 78 BPM
BARS 47-49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BARS 62-63 · LANDS ON BAR 64 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 70 · LANDS ON BAR 71

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

123 bars across 19 sections: 64 keep time, 24 are fills, 7 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-30.

PART F
CHORUS
PART M
PART O
PART W
PART AG
PART S15
PART AY
OUTRO 2
19 groovesLOS15WM+14Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Forty Six & 2?

78 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 Forty Six & 2 hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

123 bars, about 6:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 62 exercises over 21 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 Forty Six & 2?

13 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 38, 47, 48, 49, 62, 63 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 123 BARS ANALYSED
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