Catacombs · After The Burial

161 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:19 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Progressive150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
161
LENGTH
4:19
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-23, 29 and 31, and 16 more places -- 24.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
CATACOMBS · BAR 41
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 16 and 31 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 3-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

161 bars across 13 sections: 91 keep time, 37 are fills, 15 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 101-107.

PART G
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART U
PART G
CHORUS 3
PART AE
PART B
OUTRO
9 groovesLGBAEAN+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Catacombs?

150 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 Catacombs hard to play on drums?

61 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

161 bars, about 4:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 50 exercises over 13 sittings, about 28 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 Catacombs?

16 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 16 and 31 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 161 BARS ANALYSED
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