Battle Hymn · Manowar

157 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 6:33 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
157
LENGTH
6:33
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29-31, 33-35 and 37-39, and 5 more places -- 20.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BATTLE HYMN · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 18, 19, 20, 52, 53, 54 and 6 more.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 18-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 52-54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 78 · LANDS ON BAR 79
LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 100-101 · LANDS ON BAR 102 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

157 bars across 17 sections: 89 keep time, 12 are fills, 5 are stops and 38 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 30-43.

PART S2
PART E
PART G
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART S9
PART E
CHORUS 3
PART U
CHORUS 4
12 groovesIGES9S2+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Battle Hymn?

95 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 Battle Hymn hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

157 bars, about 6:33 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, 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 Battle Hymn?

5 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 18, 19, 20, 52, 53, 54 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 157 BARS ANALYSED
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