Curse of Vengeance · Akuma Dollz

170 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:41 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
170
LENGTH
4:41
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29-35, 37-42 and 89-95, and 1 more place -- 17.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
CURSE OF VENGEANCE · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, 27 and 11 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 11-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

170 bars across 18 sections: 109 keep time, 17 are fills, 3 are stops and 25 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 28-42.

PART I
PART Q
CHORUS
PART AA
PART S9
PART Q
CHORUS 2
PART AA
OUTRO 2
13 groovesUQAAS9I+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Curse of Vengeance?

145 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 of Vengeance hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

170 bars, about 4:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 19 sittings, about 25 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 Curse of Vengeance?

13 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, 27 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 170 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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