The grudge (better) · Tool

225 bars of 5/4 -- not four -- at 98 BPM, 8:23 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
98 BPM
TIME
5/4
BARS
225
LENGTH
8:23
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 60-67, 83-86 and 139-143 -- 8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 98 BPM
THE GRUDGE (BETTER) · BAR 60
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 73, 77, 80, 81, 91, 92 and 22 more.

LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 73 · LANDS ON BAR 74 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 98 BPM
BARS 80-81 · LANDS ON BAR 82 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 106 · LANDS ON BAR 107

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

225 bars across 27 sections: 153 keep time, 28 are fills, 6 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 19-34.

PART D
CHORUS 3
PART B
PART BM
OUTRO
23 groovesRBDWBM+18Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The grudge (better)?

98 BPM, in 5/4, 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 The grudge (better) hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

225 bars, about 8:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 89 exercises over 29 sittings, about 26 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 The grudge (better)?

14 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 73, 77, 80, 81, 91, 92 and 22 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 225 BARS ANALYSED
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