Cromlech · Darkthrone

178 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:01 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
178
LENGTH
6:01
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 29-31 and 45-47, and 4 more places -- 12.8% 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
CROMLECH · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 65 times: bars 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 and 59 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 12-14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 32-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 40-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 43-44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

16 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

178 bars across 20 sections: 65 keep time, 65 are fills, 6 are stops and 22 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 90-95.

CHORUS 5
PART AU
PART C
CHORUS 6
OUTRO
9 groovesICZAUB+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cromlech?

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 Cromlech hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 63 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

178 bars, about 6:01 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 19 sittings, about 24 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 Cromlech?

20 fills to learn, played 65 times: bars 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 and 59 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 178 BARS ANALYSED
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