Marrow · Meshuggah

209 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 5:34 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalProgressive150 BPM and upIntermediate
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
209
LENGTH
5:34
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 5% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 73, 97 and 101, and 7 more places -- 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 · 150 BPM
MARROW · BAR 178
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 193 times: bars 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 187 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 9-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 28 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 38-100 · LANDS ON BAR 101 · PLAYED 63 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 102-173 · LANDS ON BAR 174 · PLAYED 72 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 178-191 · LANDS ON BAR 192 · PLAYED 14 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

209 bars across 7 sections: 5 keep time, 193 are fills and 8 are silent.

PART A
PART P
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesAOPAS6S1+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Marrow?

150 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 Marrow hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 73 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

209 bars, about 5:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 21 exercises over 12 sittings, about 32 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Marrow?

6 fills to learn, played 193 times: bars 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 187 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 209 BARS ANALYSED
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