Forbidden City · Marty Friedman

247 bars of 4/4 at a walking 89 BPM, 9:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
89 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
247
LENGTH
9:58
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 54-87 -- 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 · 89 BPM
FORBIDDEN CITY · BAR 54
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

19 fills to learn, played 57 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 and 51 more.

LOOP · 89 BPM
BARS 8-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 89 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 89 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 89 BPM
BARS 22-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 9 TIMES

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

247 bars across 19 sections: 141 keep time, 57 are fills, 19 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 55-88.

PART I
CHORUS
PART Y
PART AF
PART AT
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
17 groovesRIBWATBL+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Forbidden City?

89 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 Forbidden City hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

247 bars, about 9:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 82 exercises over 26 sittings, about 26 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 Forbidden City?

19 fills to learn, played 57 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 and 51 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 247 BARS ANALYSED
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