Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown) · Tenacious D

193 bars of 4/4 at 131 BPM, about 5:53 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
131 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
193
LENGTH
5:53
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 12-14, 16-18 and 20-21, and 5 more places -- 12.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 131 BPM
BEELZEBOSS (THE FINAL SHOWDOWN) · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 31 and 13 more.

LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 8-11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32
LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 58-59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

193 bars across 18 sections: 86 keep time, 20 are fills, 34 are stops and 39 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-21.

PART A
CHORUS
PART K
PART W
PART S12
PART Y
PART AE
16 groovesES12AEWK+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)?

131 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 Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown) hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 73 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

193 bars, about 5:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 17 sittings, about 28 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 Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)?

9 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 31 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 193 BARS ANALYSED
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