Refuse / Resist · Sepultura

99 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:18 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

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TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
99
LENGTH
3:18
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14-15, 19 and 21-23, and 5 more places -- 24.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
REFUSE / RESIST · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 17, 18, 24, 32, 41, 50 and 4 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

99 bars across 14 sections: 75 keep time, 10 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 53-67.

PART B
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART N
PART S
CHORUS 3
PART N
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesESBJN+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Refuse / Resist?

120 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 Refuse / Resist hard to play on drums?

75 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?

99 bars, about 3:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Refuse / Resist?

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 17, 18, 24, 32, 41, 50 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 99 BARS ANALYSED
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