The Hole (2) [10] · Ari

193 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
193
LENGTH
6:12
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 69-76, 83-84 and 125-132, and 2 more places -- 13% 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
THE HOLE (2) [10] · BAR 70
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44 and 23 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 44-45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 79-82 · LANDS ON BAR 83 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

200 bars across 23 sections: 118 keep time, 30 are fills and 24 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 174-184.

PART I
PART T
CHORUS
PART E
PART AR
PART AT
PART AY
CHORUS 3
18 groovesAEIEATT+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Hole (2) [10]?

120 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 The Hole (2) [10] hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 72 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

193 bars, about 6:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 80 exercises over 27 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 The Hole (2) [10]?

7 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44 and 23 more.

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