Burden · Opeth

169 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 5:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
5:38
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 137-143, 145-147 and 149-151, and 4 more places -- 15.5% 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
BURDEN · BAR 137
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

32 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 12, 16, 20, 22, 24, 31 and 32 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23

28 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 15 sections: 102 keep time, 38 are fills, 9 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 94-103.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART U
CHORUS 3
PART AH
PART AG
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesBARAHIU+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Burden?

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 Burden hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 5:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 68 exercises over 17 sittings, about 29 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 Burden?

32 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 12, 16, 20, 22, 24, 31 and 32 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 169 BARS ANALYSED
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