Ulcers In The Flesh Of Thought - Official Video · Guttural Slug

136 bars at 160 BPM -- fast, and 3:24 of it without a break -- on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock150 BPM and up
TEMPO
160 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
136
LENGTH
3:24
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-17, 33-35 and 37-39, and 4 more places -- 21.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 160 BPM
ULCERS IN THE FLESH OF THOUGHT - OFFICIAL VIDEO · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 18, 28, 30, 48, 56, 60 and 5 more.

LOOP · 160 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 160 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 160 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
LOOP · 160 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

136 bars across 17 sections: 81 keep time, 11 are fills, 25 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-44.

PART D
CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART W
PART Y
PART AE
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
OUTRO 2
13 groovesHYWLAE+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ulcers In The Flesh Of Thought - Official Video?

160 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Ulcers In The Flesh Of Thought - Official Video hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

136 bars, about 3:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 18 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Ulcers In The Flesh Of Thought - Official Video?

11 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 18, 28, 30, 48, 56, 60 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 136 BARS ANALYSED
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