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117 bars of 4/4 at a walking 89 BPM, 5:16 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
89 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
5:16
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13-15 and 45-47, and 3 more places -- 18.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 89 BPM
A SECRET DOOR · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40 and 26 more.

LOOP · 89 BPM
BARS 32-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 10 TIMES
LOOP · 89 BPM
BARS 40-44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 15 TIMES
LOOP · 89 BPM
BARS 77-80 · LANDS ON BAR 81 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 89 BPM
BARS 98-100 · LANDS ON BAR 101 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 13 sections: 47 keep time, 32 are fills, 4 are stops and 22 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-16.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART E
PART G
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART G
PART L
PART R
PART S10
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesBGLS10R+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Secret Door?

89 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 Secret Door hard to play on drums?

61 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 5:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, 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 Secret Door?

4 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40 and 26 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 117 BARS ANALYSED
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