Death To The Holy · Zeal & Ardor

69 bars of 4/4 at a walking 89 BPM, 3:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalFunk / SoulUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
89 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
69
LENGTH
3:06
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-8 and 18-24 -- 20.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 89 BPM
DEATH TO THE HOLY · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 13, 29, 36, 37, 39, 57 and 4 more.

LOOP · 89 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 89 BPM
BARS 36-37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 89 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 89 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

69 bars across 14 sections: 42 keep time, 10 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-8.

PART B
PART C
PART E
PART B
PART C
PART E
PART A
PART I
CHORUS
PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesLBICA+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Death To The Holy?

89 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 To The Holy hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 93 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

69 bars, about 3:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 11 sittings, about 24 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 To The Holy?

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 13, 29, 36, 37, 39, 57 and 4 more.

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