Comin' Again/Sign Of The Wicked · SDI

337 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 13:28 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
337
LENGTH
13:28
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-15, 30-36 and 58-64, and 2 more places -- 12% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
COMIN' AGAIN/SIGN OF THE WICKED · BAR 10
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 16, 24, 44, 48, 96, 124 and 28 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 96 · LANDS ON BAR 97

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

337 bars across 39 sections: 210 keep time, 35 are fills, 30 are stops and 29 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 251-263.

PART Y
PART N
OUTRO 2
26 groovesAZNEYG+21Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Comin' Again/Sign Of The Wicked?

100 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 Comin' Again/Sign Of The Wicked hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 83 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

337 bars, about 13:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 102 exercises over 29 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Comin' Again/Sign Of The Wicked?

21 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 16, 24, 44, 48, 96, 124 and 28 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 337 BARS ANALYSED
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