Heads Will Hang · Fit For An Autopsy

95 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 4:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metalcore / Hardcore90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
95
LENGTH
4:12
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 17-19, 21-23 and 41-43, and 1 more place -- 13.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 90 BPM
HEADS WILL HANG · BARS 17-18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12 and 25 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 1-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

95 bars across 12 sections: 45 keep time, 31 are fills, 5 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 79-85.

PART D
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART W
PART AA
OUTRO
8 groovesLWDAFF+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Heads Will Hang?

90 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 Heads Will Hang hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 73 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

95 bars, about 4:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 14 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Heads Will Hang?

13 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 95 BARS ANALYSED
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