By the wings of a tragedy :D · septemberistheonlytimeidontthinkofyou

91 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 95 BPM, 3:17 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPMShuffle / tripletAdvanced
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
91
LENGTH
3:17
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 79-81, 83-85 and 87-89 -- 10.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BY THE WINGS OF A TRAGEDY :D · BARS 79-80
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 17, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 20 more.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 23-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

91 bars across 9 sections: 40 keep time, 26 are fills, 15 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-8.

CHORUS
PART H
PART S5
PART U
PART W
OUTRO 2
9 groovesCWHAMS5+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is By the wings of a tragedy :D?

95 BPM, in 3/4, 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 By the wings of a tragedy :D hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

91 bars, about 3:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 By the wings of a tragedy :D?

14 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 17, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 20 more.

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