PROTONEMESIS · Extermination Dismemberment

119 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 3:09 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
119
LENGTH
3:09
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 16, 18-19 and 21, and 4 more places -- 14.2% 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
PROTONEMESIS · BAR 23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 46 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 40 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 1-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 14 sections: 52 keep time, 46 are fills, 10 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 36-43.

CHORUS
PART M
PART P
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART S9
PART BD
PART M
OUTRO
10 groovesHMBDPS9+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is PROTONEMESIS?

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 PROTONEMESIS hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

119 bars, about 3:09 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 14 sittings, about 26 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 PROTONEMESIS?

18 fills to learn, played 46 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 40 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 119 BARS ANALYSED
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