As Long As The Raven Flies · Amon Amarth

120 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:00 of playing, on crash, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
120
LENGTH
4:00
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 40% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-20, 37-68 and 73-80 -- 40% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
AS LONG AS THE RAVEN FLIES · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22 and 11 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 9-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 21-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 69-72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 96 · LANDS ON BAR 97
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

120 bars across 5 sections: 95 keep time, 17 are fills and 4 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 38-68.

PART A
CHORUS
PART J
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesGJAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is As Long As The Raven Flies?

120 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 As Long As The Raven Flies hard to play on drums?

52 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

120 bars, about 4:00 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 16 exercises over 4 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, high tom, 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 As Long As The Raven Flies?

4 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22 and 11 more.

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