Born In A Casket · Cannibal Corpse

106 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 3:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
106
LENGTH
3:35
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-31, 42-48 and 53-56 -- 18.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BORN IN A CASKET · BAR 27
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 13, 15, 23, 24, 36, 76 and 1 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16
LOOP · 132 BPM
BARS 23-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

106 bars across 13 sections: 62 keep time, 8 are fills, 7 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 90-96.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART F
CHORUS
PART N
CHORUS 2
PART S
PART U
PART X
OUTRO
BREAK
10 groovesLAAFSS13+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Born In A Casket?

132 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 Born In A Casket hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 79 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

106 bars, about 3:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 12 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 Born In A Casket?

6 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 13, 15, 23, 24, 36, 76 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 106 BARS ANALYSED
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