Death, be not proud · Nehemiah Keliihananui

127 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
127
LENGTH
4:14
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-35, 41-43 and 78-81, and 4 more places -- 20.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
DEATH, BE NOT PROUD · BAR 78
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 50, 66, 77, 86, 90, 108 and 2 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 77 · LANDS ON BAR 78
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 86 · LANDS ON BAR 87

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

127 bars across 17 sections: 75 keep time, 8 are fills, 23 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-16.

PART A
CHORUS
PART N
PART N
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
15 groovesFANAMI+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Death, be not proud?

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 Death, be not proud hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

127 bars, about 4:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 17 sittings, about 26 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 Death, be not proud?

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 50, 66, 77, 86, 90, 108 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 127 BARS ANALYSED
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