Vile Decomposition · Cystotomy

126 bars of 4/4 at 148 BPM, about 3:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
148 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
126
LENGTH
3:24
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18, 20 and 22, and 8 more places -- 18.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 148 BPM
VILE DECOMPOSITION · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 25, 29, 41, 45, 49, 53 and 6 more.

LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
LOOP · 148 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

126 bars across 13 sections: 63 keep time, 12 are fills, 31 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-9.

PART B
PART D
CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART K
CHORUS 3
PART I
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesFIAQB+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Vile Decomposition?

148 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 Vile Decomposition hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

126 bars, about 3:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 14 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, 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 Vile Decomposition?

9 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 25, 29, 41, 45, 49, 53 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 126 BARS ANALYSED
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