Cementary Gates Cut · Pantera

123 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
123
LENGTH
4:06
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 41, 45 and 49, and 5 more places -- 12.5% 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
CEMENTARY GATES CUT · BARS 74-75
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 27, 39, 55, 56, 64, 72 and 8 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 55-56 · LANDS ON BAR 57 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

123 bars across 9 sections: 78 keep time, 14 are fills, 2 are stops and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 20-26.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART H
PART Q
PART H
PART AA
OUTRO
7 groovesEHS1QB+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cementary Gates Cut?

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 Cementary Gates Cut hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

123 bars, about 4:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 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 Cementary Gates Cut?

8 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 27, 39, 55, 56, 64, 72 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 123 BARS ANALYSED
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