Bloodspiller · CAVEMODE

78 bars of 4/4 at 127 BPM, about 2:27 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
127 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
78
LENGTH
2:27
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-12, 14 and 16, and 5 more places -- 22.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 127 BPM
BLOODSPILLER · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 13, 15, 23, 27, 29, 31 and 15 more.

LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24
LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

78 bars across 11 sections: 32 keep time, 22 are fills, 11 are stops and 2 are silent.

PART B
CHORUS
PART H
PART K
PART H
PART B
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesDKBHS2+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bloodspiller?

127 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 Bloodspiller hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

78 bars, about 2:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Bloodspiller?

12 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 13, 15, 23, 27, 29, 31 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 78 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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