Circle of the Tyrants · Obituary

178 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 5:16 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
178
LENGTH
5:16
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-20, 26-37 and 107-114 -- 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.

LOOP · 135 BPM
CIRCLE OF THE TYRANTS · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 3, 4, 21, 38, 41, 42 and 10 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 3-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

178 bars across 19 sections: 116 keep time, 16 are fills, 27 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 92-106.

PART D
PART D
PART F
CHORUS
PART M
PART D
PART N
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
9 groovesJFDNM+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Circle of the Tyrants?

135 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 Circle of the Tyrants hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 88 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

178 bars, about 5:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 11 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Circle of the Tyrants?

6 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 3, 4, 21, 38, 41, 42 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 178 BARS ANALYSED
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