A Moment Of Clarity · Death

223 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 7:26 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
223
LENGTH
7:26
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 57-66, 68-70 and 152-182 -- 19.7% 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 MOMENT OF CLARITY · BAR 58
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 29, 30, 71, 91, 99, 119 and 6 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 29-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 71 · LANDS ON BAR 72 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 91 · LANDS ON BAR 92
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 99 · LANDS ON BAR 100

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

223 bars across 20 sections: 177 keep time, 12 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 153-182.

PART A
CHORUS
PART H
PART AA
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
10 groovesPHAIAAA+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Moment Of Clarity?

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 Moment Of Clarity hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 79 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

223 bars, about 7:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 23 sittings, about 23 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 Moment Of Clarity?

7 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 29, 30, 71, 91, 99, 119 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 223 BARS ANALYSED
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