Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy In Eight Parts (Whole Song) · Manowar

756 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 31:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
756
LENGTH
31:59
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 561-563, 566-568 and 571-573, and 36 more places -- 17.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 95 BPM
ACHILLES, AGONY AND ECSTASY IN EIGHT PARTS (WHOLE SONG) · BAR 561
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 3, 5, 14, 188, 189, 190 and 23 more.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 188-192 · LANDS ON BAR 193 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 203-213 · LANDS ON BAR 214 · PLAYED 11 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

756 bars across 43 sections: 481 keep time, 30 are fills, 66 are stops and 141 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 667-753.

PART C
BREAK 2
PART CZ
BREAK 5
PART DN
OUTRO
31 groovesDOCZDNS35S9+26Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy In Eight Parts (Whole Song)?

95 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 Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy In Eight Parts (Whole Song) 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 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

756 bars, about 31:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 103 exercises over 31 sittings, about 27 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 Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy In Eight Parts (Whole Song)?

8 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 3, 5, 14, 188, 189, 190 and 23 more.

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