Toe to Toes · Mastodon

137 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
137
LENGTH
4:34
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26, 30-31 and 34-36, and 8 more places -- 15.2% 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
TOE TO TOES · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 23 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

16 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

137 bars across 15 sections: 83 keep time, 29 are fills, 4 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 94-103.

CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART J
PART R
PART T
PART AE
PART AJ
PART M
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesBMJAJR+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Toe to Toes?

120 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 Toe to Toes hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

137 bars, about 4:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 62 exercises over 19 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 Toe to Toes?

20 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 23 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 137 BARS ANALYSED
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