Undertow · Tool

91 bars of 4/4 at a walking 82 BPM, 4:53 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
91
LENGTH
4:53
DIFFICULTY
91/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-13 and 34-40 -- 17.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 82 BPM
UNDERTOW · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 2, 4, 6, 14, 16, 17 and 25 more.

LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

91 bars across 13 sections: 37 keep time, 31 are fills, 4 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 59-65.

PART C
PART F
PART M
PART C
PART F
OUTRO
BREAK 2
9 groovesYFCMK+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Undertow?

82 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 Undertow hard to play on drums?

91 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 78 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

91 bars, about 4:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 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 Undertow?

15 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 2, 4, 6, 14, 16, 17 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 91 BARS ANALYSED
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