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/Call Of Ktulu · Metallica

EXERCISE 26 OF 102
Groove Q
126 / 268 BARS COVERED
0 / 102 PASSED · 5 BARS LIT · IN THE CHORUS, CHORUS 2, PART AZ
PART A
CHORUS
PART AC
CHORUS 2
PART AZ
PART BE
PART BG
PART BM
15 groovesEBMACABG+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 16
FILL · 26
LAND · 26
RUN · 4
JOIN · 12
LINK · 5
SECTION · 12
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play /Call Of Ktulu on drums

264 bars of 4/4 at 139 BPM, about 7:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how fine the subdivision is.

TEMPO
139 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
264
LENGTH
7:38
DIFFICULTY
69/100

ride through bars 1-14, toms through bars 15-16, hi-hat through bars 17-80, ride through bars 81-104, hi-hat through bars 105-152 and ride through bars 153-188, and 6 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17, 19 and 21, and 43 more places -- 18.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    19
    1...............2...............3...............4...............
CC |x-------------------------------x-------------------------------|
HH |----------------x-------x---------------x-------x-------x-------|
SD |--------------------------------x-------------------------------|
BD |x-----------------------x-------------------------------x-------|
/Call Of Ktulu -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

26 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 15, 16, 20, 22, 24, 28 and 37 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 75 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- E -- 5 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- BM -- 2 exercises, about 15 minutes.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- BE -- 3 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  4. Through Part A and the Chorus -- 3 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  5. Through the Chorus -- 5 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  6. Through the Chorus -- 7 exercises, about 32 minutes.
  7. Through the Chorus -- 7 exercises, about 32 minutes. Open above.
  8. Through the Chorus -- 7 exercises, about 23 minutes.
  9. and 16 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is /Call Of Ktulu?

139 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 /Call Of Ktulu hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

264 bars, about 7:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 75 exercises over 24 sittings, about 24 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 /Call Of Ktulu?

26 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 15, 16, 20, 22, 24, 28 and 37 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 264 BARS ANALYSED