Vanishing · A Perfect Circle

69 bars, 4:36, at 60 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

Alternative / IndieProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
60 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
69
LENGTH
4:36
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-20, 27-29 and 31, and 1 more place -- 14.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 60 BPM
VANISHING · BAR 27
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 16 more.

LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 6-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 14-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 41-44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 60 BPM
BARS 46-50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

69 bars across 11 sections: 30 keep time, 22 are fills, 3 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-5.

PART B
PART F
CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
PART M
CHORUS 3
PART AA
OUTRO
8 groovesKMAABF+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Vanishing?

60 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Vanishing hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 79 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

69 bars, about 4:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 12 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 Vanishing?

9 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 69 BARS ANALYSED
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