Absolution · Ghost

147 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 4:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
147
LENGTH
4:35
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 47-48, 52-53 and 81-82, and 6 more places -- 13% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 122 BPM
ABSOLUTION · BAR 48
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 16, 28, 36, 62 and 70.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

147 bars across 15 sections: 99 keep time, 7 are fills, 8 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 108-134.

PART A
PART H
PART A
CHORUS
PART H
PART A
CHORUS 2
PART S10
CHORUS 3
9 groovesMAHDS10+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Absolution?

122 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 Absolution hard to play on drums?

59 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 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

147 bars, about 4:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 12 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Absolution?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 16, 28, 36, 62 and 70.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 147 BARS ANALYSED
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