Subtraction · Sepultura

132 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 4:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
132
LENGTH
4:45
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-8, 63-66 and 105-112 -- 12.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
SUBTRACTION · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 37, 39 and 16 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

132 bars across 16 sections: 85 keep time, 22 are fills and 6 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-24.

PART E
CHORUS
PART M
PART S
CHORUS 2
PART Y
PART E
OUTRO 2
12 groovesIEYMAP+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Subtraction?

110 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 Subtraction hard to play on drums?

100 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 100 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

132 bars, about 4:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 23 sittings, about 25 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 Subtraction?

11 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 37, 39 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 132 BARS ANALYSED
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