Curse · Architects

90 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:01 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
90
LENGTH
3:01
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 18-24, 38-44 and 46-52, and 2 more places -- 37.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
CURSE · BARS 18-19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 15, 16, 17, 61, 77 and 85.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 15-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 77 · LANDS ON BAR 78
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 85 · LANDS ON BAR 86
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

90 bars across 11 sections: 62 keep time, 6 are fills, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 39-52.

PART B
PART F
CHORUS
PART Q
CHORUS 2
PART V
PART S8
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
8 groovesKQBFS8+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Curse?

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 Curse hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

90 bars, about 3:01 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 9 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Curse?

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 15, 16, 17, 61, 77 and 85.

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