demons B · Josiah Queen

99 bars of 4/4 at 127 BPM, about 3:06 of playing, on crash, hi-hat and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
127 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
99
LENGTH
3:06
DIFFICULTY
32/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 65% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 45-68, 83-91 and 93-95, and 1 more place -- 64.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 127 BPM
DEMONS B · BAR 46
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 92, 96 and 98.

LOOP · 127 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

99 bars across 8 sections: 48 keep time, 3 are fills, 4 are stops and 42 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-68.

COUNT-IN
PART S2
PART C
BREAK
CHORUS
BREAK 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesDS1CS2S7+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is demons B?

127 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 demons B hard to play on drums?

32 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

99 bars, about 3:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 9 exercises over 3 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in demons B?

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 92, 96 and 98.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 99 BARS ANALYSED
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