Bathe in Ashes · Nazghor

140 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 5:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
5:20
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 42-44, 46-52 and 54-56, and 2 more places -- 19.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BATHE IN ASHES · BAR 42
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 40 times: bars 13, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23 and 34 more.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20
LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 21-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 10 TIMES

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 14 sections: 71 keep time, 40 are fills, 14 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-12.

PART B
PART H
PART Q
CHORUS
PART AB
PART AE
PART AL
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesTBQHAE+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bathe in Ashes?

105 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 Bathe in Ashes hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 5:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 16 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Bathe in Ashes?

18 fills to learn, played 40 times: bars 13, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23 and 34 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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