Utilize All Holes · Artery Eruption

117 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 2:51 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
2:51
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 44, 90-92 and 94-100, and 2 more places -- 22.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
UTILIZE ALL HOLES · BAR 44
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 35, 36, 62, 63, 85, 93 and 3 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 35-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 85 · LANDS ON BAR 86
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 93 · LANDS ON BAR 94 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 12 sections: 84 keep time, 9 are fills, 7 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 67-76.

PART A
PART C
PART E
PART H
PART D
PART A
PART D
PART P
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesJDAPH+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Utilize All Holes?

130 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 Utilize All Holes hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 2:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 14 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Utilize All Holes?

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 35, 36, 62, 63, 85, 93 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 117 BARS ANALYSED
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