Head Like A Hole · AFI

128 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 3:56 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePunk120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
128
LENGTH
3:56
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29-31, 33-35 and 69-71, and 5 more places -- 22.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
HEAD LIKE A HOLE · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 8, 28, 44, 48, 68, 84 and 4 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

128 bars across 15 sections: 94 keep time, 10 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-27.

PART B
PART D
CHORUS
PART H
PART B
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART H
PART O
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
10 groovesFHBDK+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Head Like A Hole?

130 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Head Like A Hole hard to play on drums?

40 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

128 bars, about 3:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 10 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Head Like A Hole?

7 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 8, 28, 44, 48, 68, 84 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 128 BARS ANALYSED
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