Apprentice of Death · Mors Principium Est

189 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 5:02 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
189
LENGTH
5:02
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-27, 29-30 and 55-56, and 8 more places -- 21.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
APPRENTICE OF DEATH · BAR 25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 32, 36, 53, 54, 57, 58 and 8 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 53-54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

189 bars across 12 sections: 141 keep time, 14 are fills, 3 are stops and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 102-131.

COUNT-IN
PART N
CHORUS 2
PART W
OUTRO 2
9 groovesFWDNS1+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Apprentice of Death?

150 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 Apprentice of Death hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

189 bars, about 5:02 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 18 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Apprentice of Death?

6 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 32, 36, 53, 54, 57, 58 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 189 BARS ANALYSED
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