Cowards Deathbed · Signs Of The Swarm

141 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 3:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
141
LENGTH
3:59
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-36, 54-56 and 58-60, and 2 more places -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
COWARDS DEATHBED · BAR 54
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 15 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 3-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

141 bars across 14 sections: 92 keep time, 21 are fills, 11 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 63-75.

PART E
PART K
PART M
CHORUS
PART Q
CHORUS 2
PART X
PART AB
CHORUS 3
PART AO
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesOEABXAA+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cowards Deathbed?

140 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 Cowards Deathbed hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

141 bars, about 3:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 16 sittings, about 27 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 Cowards Deathbed?

11 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 141 BARS ANALYSED
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