Pneuma - TOOL · TOOL

399 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 12:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Progressive90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
399
LENGTH
12:12
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

30 fills to learn, played 95 times: bars 65, 69, 70, 93, 94, 111 and 89 more.

LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66
LOOP · 114 BPM
BARS 93-94 · LANDS ON BAR 95 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 111 · LANDS ON BAR 112

27 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

399 bars across 29 sections: 203 keep time, 95 are fills, 21 are stops and 44 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-32.

PART B
PART O
PART BO
PART DQ
OUTRO 2
24 groovesAHDQOBBA+19Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pneuma - TOOL?

114 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 Pneuma - TOOL hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

399 bars, about 12:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 114 exercises over 35 sittings, about 28 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 Pneuma - TOOL?

30 fills to learn, played 95 times: bars 65, 69, 70, 93, 94, 111 and 89 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 399 BARS ANALYSED
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