Crimson Bow and Arrow · Epica

124 bars of 4/4 at a walking 87 BPM, 5:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
87 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
124
LENGTH
5:35
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 16, 18 and 41-44, and 4 more places -- 8.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 87 BPM
CRIMSON BOW AND ARROW · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 73 times: bars 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 67 more.

LOOP · 87 BPM
BARS 7-15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BARS 29-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

19 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

124 bars across 15 sections: 30 keep time, 73 are fills, 3 are stops and 6 are silent.

PART S3
CHORUS
PART W
PART AA
PART AF
PART S11
PART AA
OUTRO 2
10 groovesHAAAFS11W+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Crimson Bow and Arrow?

87 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 Crimson Bow and Arrow hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 74 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

124 bars, about 5:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 50 exercises over 17 sittings, about 25 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 Crimson Bow and Arrow?

22 fills to learn, played 73 times: bars 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 67 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 124 BARS ANALYSED
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