MathMetal · Pumanos

122 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 2:48 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
122
LENGTH
2:48
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18, 23 and 28, and 9 more places -- 9.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
MATHMETAL · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 51, 53, 69, 73, 116 and 117.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 116-117 · LANDS ON BAR 118 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

147 bars across 10 sections: 67 keep time, 6 are fills, 46 are stops and 22 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 76-91.

PART A
CHORUS
PART N
PART Q
PART V
BREAK 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesFS8AVN+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is MathMetal?

150 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 MathMetal hard to play on drums?

61 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 57 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

122 bars, about 2:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in MathMetal?

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 51, 53, 69, 73, 116 and 117.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 122 BARS ANALYSED
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