A Gothic Romance · Cradle Of Filth

224 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 7:27 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
224
LENGTH
7:27
DIFFICULTY
98/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 43-44, 46-48 and 51, and 13 more places -- 15.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
A GOTHIC ROMANCE · BAR 67
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

32 fills to learn, played 72 times: bars 26, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 66 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 36-42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 7 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 49-50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

28 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

224 bars across 15 sections: 105 keep time, 72 are fills, 7 are stops and 26 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 108-115.

COUNT-IN
PART S4
CHORUS
PART AF
PART AX
PART BS
PART AF
13 groovesKAFAXS1BS+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Gothic Romance?

120 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 A Gothic Romance hard to play on drums?

98 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

224 bars, about 7:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 77 exercises over 29 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 A Gothic Romance?

32 fills to learn, played 72 times: bars 26, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 66 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 224 BARS ANALYSED
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