Prog · Abyss-Made Bodies

201 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 5:11 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
201
LENGTH
5:11
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 51-52, 55-56 and 59-60, and 5 more places -- 8% 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
PROG · BAR 51
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 86 times: bars 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 and 80 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

208 bars across 14 sections: 94 keep time, 86 are fills, 9 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 28-32.

PART E
CHORUS
PART T
PART AL
CHORUS 2
PART T
OUTRO
10 groovesITEALG+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Prog?

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 Prog hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

201 bars, about 5:11 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 60 exercises over 23 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Prog?

20 fills to learn, played 86 times: bars 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 and 80 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 201 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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