Death Empress · Disembodied Tyrant/Synestia

138 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 5:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
138
LENGTH
5:51
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 17-19 and 29, and 8 more places -- 13.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 94 BPM
DEATH EMPRESS · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

26 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 8, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32 and 33 more.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29

22 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

138 bars across 21 sections: 53 keep time, 39 are fills, 17 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 46-51.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART V
PART Z
PART S8
PART AJ
PART C
PART AJ
PART S15
PART S19
OUTRO
16 groovesDAJCVS8+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Death Empress?

94 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 Empress hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 71 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

138 bars, about 5:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 exercises over 17 sittings, about 28 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 Death Empress?

26 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 8, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32 and 33 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 138 BARS ANALYSED
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