Intramuscular Putrefaction · Cystotomy

111 bars at 157 BPM -- fast, and 2:50 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
157 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
111
LENGTH
2:50
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 34-36, 38-40 and 68-70, and 6 more places -- 24.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 157 BPM
INTRAMUSCULAR PUTREFACTION · BAR 104
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 33, 37, 41, 43, 51, 67 and 7 more.

LOOP · 157 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 157 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 157 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44
LOOP · 157 BPM
BAR 67 · LANDS ON BAR 68

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

111 bars across 14 sections: 68 keep time, 13 are fills, 12 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-9.

PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART H
CHORUS 3
PART N
CHORUS 4
PART H
PART B
PART H
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDHBNS10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Intramuscular Putrefaction?

157 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Intramuscular Putrefaction hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

111 bars, about 2:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 8 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, 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 Intramuscular Putrefaction?

6 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 33, 37, 41, 43, 51, 67 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 111 BARS ANALYSED
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