Swing The Axe · Fit For An Autopsy

186 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metalcore / Hardcore150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
186
LENGTH
4:58
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 71-72, 75-76 and 79-80, and 5 more places -- 8.3% 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
SWING THE AXE · BAR 71
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 20, 21, 31, 35, 45, 49 and 48 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

186 bars across 16 sections: 96 keep time, 54 are fills, 6 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 22-30.

COUNT-IN
PART E
PART E
CHORUS
PART AA
PART AM
CHORUS 2
12 groovesAEAMS1AA+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Swing The Axe?

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 Swing The Axe hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

186 bars, about 4:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 63 exercises over 22 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Swing The Axe?

22 fills to learn, played 54 times: bars 20, 21, 31, 35, 45, 49 and 48 more.

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