Ars Moriendi · Mr. Bungle

167 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockElectronic120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
167
LENGTH
5:51
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 129-131, 134-136 and 140-142, and 3 more places -- 14.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
ARS MORIENDI · BAR 129
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 54, 58, 112 and 158.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 112 · LANDS ON BAR 113
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 158 · LANDS ON BAR 159
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

167 bars across 30 sections: 94 keep time, 4 are fills, 17 are stops and 44 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-25.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART E
PART F
PART K
CHORUS
PART S
24 groovesUSKS1C+19Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ars Moriendi?

120 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 Ars Moriendi hard to play on drums?

60 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 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

167 bars, about 5:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 15 sittings, about 26 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 Ars Moriendi?

3 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 54, 58, 112 and 158.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 167 BARS ANALYSED
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