Elder Misanthropy · The Black Dahlia Murder

75 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
75
LENGTH
2:30
DIFFICULTY
99/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-7, 25-30 and 71-74 -- 21.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
ELDER MISANTHROPY · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 1, 15, 16, 20, 24, 43 and 11 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 43-46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 8 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

75 bars across 11 sections: 44 keep time, 17 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-7.

CHORUS
PART C
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART C
PART J
PART N
PART G
PART S
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBCJGN+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Elder Misanthropy?

120 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 Elder Misanthropy hard to play on drums?

99 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 85 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

75 bars, about 2:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 29 exercises over 11 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 Elder Misanthropy?

5 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 1, 15, 16, 20, 24, 43 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 75 BARS ANALYSED
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