Discourse Is Dead · Architects

114 bars of 4/4 at 124 BPM, about 3:41 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ElectronicMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
124 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
114
LENGTH
3:41
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-12, 14-16 and 28-30, and 6 more places -- 22.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 124 BPM
DISCOURSE IS DEAD · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 13, 19, 23, 26, 31, 35 and 16 more.

LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

114 bars across 14 sections: 56 keep time, 22 are fills, 10 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 56-62.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART M
PART G
CHORUS 3
PART S9
PART X
PART Z
PART AC
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesBMS9S1Z+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Discourse Is Dead?

124 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 Discourse Is Dead hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

114 bars, about 3:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 16 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Discourse Is Dead?

14 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 13, 19, 23, 26, 31, 35 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 114 BARS ANALYSED
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