Bleed in Peace · Arachnophobia

153 bars of 4/4 at a walking 103 BPM, 5:42 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
103 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
5:42
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-12, 14-16 and 18-19, and 9 more places -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 103 BPM
BLEED IN PEACE · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 4, 8, 9, 17, 20, 23 and 24 more.

LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 103 BPM
BARS 8-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

163 bars across 27 sections: 71 keep time, 30 are fills, 16 are stops and 33 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 61-67.

PART A
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART B
PART AE
CHORUS 3
BREAK 9
19 groovesHAAEBS24+14Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bleed in Peace?

103 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 Bleed in Peace hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 5:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 14 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 Bleed in Peace?

15 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 4, 8, 9, 17, 20, 23 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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