Epm · Dragonforce

346 bars of 4/4 at 146 BPM, about 9:29 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
146 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
346
LENGTH
9:29
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 98-100, 162-167 and 178-180, and 8 more places -- 14% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 146 BPM
EPM · BAR 99
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

47 fills to learn, played 94 times: bars 23, 31, 35, 39, 41, 47 and 88 more.

LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24
LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32
LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

43 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

346 bars across 34 sections: 200 keep time, 94 are fills, 18 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-12.

OUTRO 2
15 groovesACDAGVS+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Epm?

146 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Epm hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 71 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

346 bars, about 9:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 126 exercises over 32 sittings, about 27 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 Epm?

47 fills to learn, played 94 times: bars 23, 31, 35, 39, 41, 47 and 88 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 346 BARS ANALYSED
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