Apophis - Black Dragon · Belphegor

188 bars of 4/4 at 117 BPM, about 6:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
117 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
188
LENGTH
6:14
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 81-82, 85-86 and 89-90, and 10 more places -- 15.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 117 BPM
APOPHIS - BLACK DRAGON · BAR 81
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 21 and 19 more.

LOOP · 117 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

188 bars across 15 sections: 112 keep time, 25 are fills, 30 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 167-177.

PART A
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesVARXO+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Apophis - Black Dragon?

117 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 Apophis - Black Dragon hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

188 bars, about 6:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 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 Apophis - Black Dragon?

9 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 21 and 19 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 188 BARS ANALYSED
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