fallen symphony · Ludicin

288 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 9:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
288
LENGTH
9:36
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49, 57 and 59-60, and 14 more places -- 12.1% 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
FALLEN SYMPHONY · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 105, 106, 123, 134, 138, 140 and 26 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 105-106 · LANDS ON BAR 107 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 123 · LANDS ON BAR 124
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 134 · LANDS ON BAR 135
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 138 · LANDS ON BAR 139

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

288 bars across 36 sections: 161 keep time, 32 are fills, 11 are stops and 57 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 232-248.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART Q
24 groovesEBHQS1+19Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is fallen symphony?

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 fallen symphony hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 6 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

288 bars, about 9:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 83 exercises over 28 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 fallen symphony?

15 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 105, 106, 123, 134, 138, 140 and 26 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 288 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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