Pharmaecopia · Mudvayne

160 bars of 4/4 at a walking 97 BPM, 5:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
97 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
160
LENGTH
5:48
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 76-81 and 153-158 -- 7.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 97 BPM
PHARMAECOPIA · BARS 76-77
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

25 fills to learn, played 86 times: bars 6, 10, 16, 20, 21, 23 and 80 more.

LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17

22 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

160 bars across 14 sections: 55 keep time, 86 are fills and 5 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 76-81.

PART D
PART K
PART S
PART M
PART AW
PART BE
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesASMSAWD+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pharmaecopia?

97 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 Pharmaecopia hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

160 bars, about 5:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 72 exercises over 28 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Pharmaecopia?

25 fills to learn, played 86 times: bars 6, 10, 16, 20, 21, 23 and 80 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 160 BARS ANALYSED
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