Dispossession V2 · Northlane

119 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 3:27 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
119
LENGTH
3:27
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 8, 12, 13, 16, 20, 24 and 24 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 12-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 10 sections: 75 keep time, 30 are fills and 2 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 54-63.

PART B
PART I
PART M
PART A
PART AA
PART Q
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesALAAAQM+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Dispossession V2?

135 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 Dispossession V2 hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

119 bars, about 3:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 18 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Dispossession V2?

16 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 8, 12, 13, 16, 20, 24 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 119 BARS ANALYSED
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