Head Like A Hole · Nine Inch Nails

140 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 4:52 of playing, on hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

ElectronicAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
4:52
DIFFICULTY
99/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 45% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-52, 77-79 and 81-83, and 3 more places -- 44.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 115 BPM
HEAD LIKE A HOLE · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 10 sections: 123 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 110-140.

PART F
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesIFOBD+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Head Like A Hole?

115 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 Head Like A Hole hard to play on drums?

99 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the speed of the hand keeping time. The beat itself is 97 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 4:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 8 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

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