Violent by Nature · Atrophy

141 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:02 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
141
LENGTH
4:02
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 16, 18 and 30, and 18 more places -- 24.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
VIOLENT BY NATURE · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 26 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 6-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 11-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

141 bars across 13 sections: 86 keep time, 32 are fills and 4 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 125-134.

PART A
PART F
PART A
PART F
CHORUS
PART I
PART V
PART F
OUTRO
5 groovesKAFIVFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Violent by Nature?

140 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Violent by Nature hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on 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?

141 bars, about 4:02 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 14 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Violent by Nature?

14 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 26 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 141 BARS ANALYSED
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