Blackest Magick in Practice · Cradle Of Filth

207 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
207
LENGTH
6:37
DIFFICULTY
96/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-27, 29-31 and 63-64, and 3 more places -- 8.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BLACKEST MAGICK IN PRACTICE · BAR 27
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

28 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 9, 16, 21, 24, 32, 37 and 30 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

24 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

207 bars across 23 sections: 124 keep time, 36 are fills, 9 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 42-52.

PART I
PART P
PART I
PART AT
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
17 groovesALIPFAY+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Blackest Magick in Practice?

120 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 Blackest Magick in Practice hard to play on drums?

96 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 100 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

207 bars, about 6:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 103 exercises over 34 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Blackest Magick in Practice?

28 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 9, 16, 21, 24, 32, 37 and 30 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 207 BARS ANALYSED
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