A Mansion In Darkness · King Diamond

155 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:32 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
155
LENGTH
4:32
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-14, 16 and 18-19, and 14 more places -- 16.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
A MANSION IN DARKNESS · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 50 times: bars 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 44 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 2-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 11 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

155 bars across 17 sections: 81 keep time, 50 are fills, 4 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 46-52.

PART S2
PART I
CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART V
PART AB
PART J
PART I
CHORUS 4
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesOIALAOJ+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Mansion In Darkness?

135 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 Mansion In Darkness hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

155 bars, about 4:32 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 18 sittings, about 24 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 Mansion In Darkness?

17 fills to learn, played 50 times: bars 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 44 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 155 BARS ANALYSED
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