bloodthirster (fixed) · Angelmaker

164 bars at 165 BPM -- fast, and 3:59 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
165 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
3:59
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-41, 50 and 52-54, and 6 more places -- 22% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 165 BPM
BLOODTHIRSTER (FIXED) · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 2, 6, 15, 23, 51, 55 and 15 more.

LOOP · 165 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 165 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 165 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 165 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

164 bars across 16 sections: 114 keep time, 21 are fills and 11 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 24-41.

PART H
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART W
CHORUS 4
PART AG
OUTRO 2
11 groovesMALQAGC+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is bloodthirster (fixed)?

165 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is bloodthirster (fixed) hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

164 bars, about 3:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 63 exercises over 18 sittings, about 28 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 bloodthirster (fixed)?

15 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 2, 6, 15, 23, 51, 55 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 164 BARS ANALYSED
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