Ember City (complete) · Mastodon

169 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:55 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
4:55
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35, 37 and 39, and 12 more places -- 12% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
EMBER CITY (COMPLETE) · BAR 39
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

33 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 45 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 8-10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

29 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 14 sections: 94 keep time, 51 are fills, 4 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 49-55.

CHORUS
PART L
PART T
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART T
PART AN
PART AK
PART U
10 groovesILANTAK+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ember City (complete)?

140 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 Ember City (complete) hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 4:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 76 exercises over 25 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Ember City (complete)?

33 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 45 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 169 BARS ANALYSED
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