Echo and Dust, Pt. I · Greyhaven

132 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 3:50 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metalcore / HardcoreProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
132
LENGTH
3:50
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 41-43, 45-47 and 50-51, and 5 more places -- 17.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
ECHO AND DUST, PT. I · BAR 41
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 24, 28, 36, 44, 64, 68 and 5 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

132 bars across 13 sections: 60 keep time, 11 are fills, 31 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 118-132.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART Q
PART J
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
10 groovesNJABS1Q+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Echo and Dust, Pt. I?

138 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 Echo and Dust, Pt. I hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

132 bars, about 3:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 16 sittings, about 25 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 Echo and Dust, Pt. I?

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 24, 28, 36, 44, 64, 68 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 132 BARS ANALYSED
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