eight of swords · archive: something

117 bars of 4/4 at 111 BPM, about 4:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
111 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
4:18
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 6% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 18, 20 and 22-25 -- 5.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 111 BPM
EIGHT OF SWORDS · BARS 22-23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 4, 11, 14, 15, 16, 29 and 23 more.

LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 111 BPM
BARS 14-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 111 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

119 bars across 17 sections: 44 keep time, 29 are fills, 21 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 22-25.

PART J
PART Q
PART W
CHORUS
PART AU
PART S9
PART AS
PART AU
PART BM
CHORUS 2
14 groovesADAUWJE+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is eight of swords?

111 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 eight of swords hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 4:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 20 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 eight of swords?

16 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 4, 11, 14, 15, 16, 29 and 23 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 117 BARS ANALYSED
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