Duality (Standard tuning) · JA

152 bars of 4/4 at 131 BPM, about 4:37 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
131 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
4:37
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 51-53, 55 and 57, and 14 more places -- 15.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 131 BPM
DUALITY (STANDARD TUNING) · BAR 53
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26 and 29 more.

LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 18-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 25-26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

152 bars across 12 sections: 97 keep time, 35 are fills, 1 is a stop and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 74-91.

PART E
PART I
PART P
CHORUS
PART P
CHORUS 2
PART I
PART AL
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesUIPEAL+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Duality (Standard tuning)?

131 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 Duality (Standard tuning) hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

152 bars, about 4:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 18 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 Duality (Standard tuning)?

11 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26 and 29 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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