Denied · Annihilator

174 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalElectronic120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
174
LENGTH
5:24
DIFFICULTY
91/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 33-40, 66-73 and 147-154 -- 13.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
DENIED · BARS 33-34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 57, 114, 133, 134, 138 and 163.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 114 · LANDS ON BAR 115
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 133-134 · LANDS ON BAR 135 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 138 · LANDS ON BAR 139

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

174 bars across 21 sections: 137 keep time, 6 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-15.

PART A
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART W
PART Y
PART AC
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
12 groovesKAIYAC+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Denied?

130 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 Denied hard to play on drums?

91 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

174 bars, about 5:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 23 sittings, about 25 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 Denied?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 57, 114, 133, 134, 138 and 163.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 174 BARS ANALYSED
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