Beelzebub · Shrine Of Malice

140 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 5:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
5:05
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 116-120 and 122-135 -- 15.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BEELZEBUB · BAR 116
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 47 times: bars 6, 8, 12, 17, 21, 23 and 41 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 16 sections: 51 keep time, 47 are fills, 18 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 122-135.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART Q
CHORUS 3
PART A
CHORUS 4
BREAK 3
PART S13
PART BB
OUTRO
13 groovesEBJQAS13+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Beelzebub?

110 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 Beelzebub hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 5:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 15 sittings, about 27 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 Beelzebub?

22 fills to learn, played 47 times: bars 6, 8, 12, 17, 21, 23 and 41 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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