Crying For Death · Morbid Saint

114 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 3:43 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
114
LENGTH
3:43
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1, 3 and 5, and 17 more places -- 21.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 122 BPM
CRYING FOR DEATH · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 16 more.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

114 bars across 16 sections: 70 keep time and 22 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 75-85.

CHORUS
PART D
PART J
PART P
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART J
OUTRO 2
5 groovesAJPDSFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Crying For Death?

122 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 Crying For Death hard to play on drums?

100 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 100 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

114 bars, about 3:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 16 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Crying For Death?

11 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 114 BARS ANALYSED
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