DRUMY
Vicarious drums: tempo, difficulty and parts
Vicarious by Tool is 114 BPM and runs 7:03: 172 bars and 2,989 notes played on the kick, snare, hi-hat, tom 2, ride, floor tom, crash and tom 1.
The drum part is rated Extreme — one of the hardest parts here, best learned a section at a time.
It has 7 fills, its longest section is the Bridge (0:53) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.
Song map
- Intro
- Riff 1
- Riff 2
- Verse 1
- Pre-Chorus
- Interlude
- Verse 2
- Pre-Chorus
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Interlude
- Bass-Solo
- Pre-Bridge
- Bridge
- Build-Up
- Break
- Climax
- Outro
How to play Vicarious on drums
- Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
- Press play. The notes of Vicarious come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
- Slow it down. Take the Fill into Chorus at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 114 BPM.
- Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Vicarious drum cover.
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