Equus (Larry Penna transcription) · Ne Obliviscaris

444 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 105 BPM, 14:10 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalProgressive90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
444
LENGTH
14:10
DIFFICULTY
92/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 27-29, 31-33 and 59-61, and 11 more places -- 15.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 105 BPM
EQUUS (LARRY PENNA TRANSCRIPTION) · BAR 382
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 79 times: bars 8, 21, 22, 34, 50, 53 and 73 more.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 21-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

444 bars across 25 sections: 299 keep time, 79 are fills, 3 are stops and 32 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 302-331.

PART Z
PART U
PART S22
PART BE
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
15 groovesMUBGALBE+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Equus (Larry Penna transcription)?

105 BPM, in 3/4, 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 Equus (Larry Penna transcription) hard to play on drums?

92 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 74 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

444 bars, about 14:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 99 exercises over 41 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Equus (Larry Penna transcription)?

21 fills to learn, played 79 times: bars 8, 21, 22, 34, 50, 53 and 73 more.

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