Brave · Katatonia

303 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 9:56 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
303
LENGTH
9:56
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 101-156, 175-189 and 191-205, and 2 more places -- 37.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BRAVE · BAR 102
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 16, 40, 72, 190, 262, 286 and 1 more.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 190 · LANDS ON BAR 191
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 286 · LANDS ON BAR 287
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

303 bars across 20 sections: 197 keep time, 7 are fills, 47 are stops and 36 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-15.

PART A
PART S9
CHORUS
PART S11
CHORUS 2
PART A
PART A
8 groovesIACFE+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Brave?

122 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Brave hard to play on drums?

44 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

303 bars, about 9:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Brave?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 16, 40, 72, 190, 262, 286 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 303 BARS ANALYSED
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