A Dead Language For A Dying Lady · Vanna

160 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 5:31 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Metalcore / HardcoreAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
160
LENGTH
5:31
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 54-65, 82 and 84, and 5 more places -- 22.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 116 BPM
A DEAD LANGUAGE FOR A DYING LADY · BARS 54-55
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 5, 21, 68, 69, 83, 89 and 5 more.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 68-69 · LANDS ON BAR 70 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 83 · LANDS ON BAR 84 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

160 bars across 14 sections: 103 keep time, 11 are fills, 24 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-53.

PART B
PART G
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
PART R
OUTRO 2
10 groovesHGTBR+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Dead Language For A Dying Lady?

116 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 A Dead Language For A Dying Lady hard to play on drums?

48 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

160 bars, about 5:31 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 10 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 A Dead Language For A Dying Lady?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 5, 21, 68, 69, 83, 89 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 160 BARS ANALYSED
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