Rot · Dry Kill Logic

144 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
144
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 50-57, 74-81 and 96-107 -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
ROT · BAR 54
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 17, 21, 33, 37, 41, 58 and 12 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 58-59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 82-83 · LANDS ON BAR 84 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

144 bars across 22 sections: 92 keep time, 18 are fills, 12 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 97-107.

PART B
PART F
PART F
CHORUS
VERSE
CHORUS 2
VERSE 2
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
15 groovesIZFOL+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Rot?

138 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Rot hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

144 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 15 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Rot?

8 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 17, 21, 33, 37, 41, 58 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 144 BARS ANALYSED
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