The Worm · Audioslave

133 bars of 4/4 at 142 BPM, about 3:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
142 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
133
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38, 40 and 42, and 13 more places -- 13.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 142 BPM
THE WORM · BAR 40
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 25, 53, 59, 96, 120, 128 and 5 more.

LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 59 · LANDS ON BAR 60
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 96 · LANDS ON BAR 97

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

133 bars across 12 sections: 68 keep time, 11 are fills and 43 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 99-104.

PART B
PART C
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART B
CHORUS 3
PART Q
PART R
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesKBCRQFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Worm?

142 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 The Worm hard to play on drums?

61 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

133 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 10 sittings, about 24 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 Worm?

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 25, 53, 59, 96, 120, 128 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 133 BARS ANALYSED
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