Blood Moon · Horizon Flame

219 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 7:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
219
LENGTH
7:18
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 45-51, 73-79 and 134, and 6 more places -- 13.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BLOOD MOON · BAR 45
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 26, 27, 52, 60, 88 and 117.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 26-27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 88 · LANDS ON BAR 89

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

219 bars across 21 sections: 111 keep time, 6 are fills, 68 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 135-145.

PART A
PART C
PART M
PART S
PART Y
CHORUS 3
PART AJ
CHORUS 4
OUTRO
15 groovesKSCMAJ+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Blood Moon?

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 Blood Moon hard to play on drums?

62 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

219 bars, about 7:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 17 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 Blood Moon?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 26, 27, 52, 60, 88 and 117.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 219 BARS ANALYSED
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