Arms of Sorrow (Radio Edit) · Killswitch Engage

113 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 3:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
3:37
DIFFICULTY
47/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13, 21 and 26, and 5 more places -- 20.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
ARMS OF SORROW (RADIO EDIT) · BAR 98
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 11, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23 and 20 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 22-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 13 sections: 46 keep time, 26 are fills, 15 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 83-88.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART C
PART L
CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART S9
PART W
OUTRO 2
10 groovesPCDLS1+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Arms of Sorrow (Radio Edit)?

125 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 Arms of Sorrow (Radio Edit) hard to play on drums?

47 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 3:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 11 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 Arms of Sorrow (Radio Edit)?

13 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 11, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23 and 20 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 113 BARS ANALYSED
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