Forest Of October (Correct Version) · Opeth

401 bars of 4/4 at a walking 78 BPM, 19:23 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
78 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
401
LENGTH
19:23
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 83-93, 95-98 and 102-105, and 10 more places -- 14.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 78 BPM
FOREST OF OCTOBER (CORRECT VERSION) · BAR 92
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34 and 18 more.

LOOP · 78 BPM
BARS 26-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

401 bars across 40 sections: 206 keep time, 24 are fills, 45 are stops and 104 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 311-329.

PART S
CHORUS
PART S22
PART AJ
PART S26
PART AX
PART BK
35 groovesADS26S22AXAJ+30Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Forest Of October (Correct Version)?

78 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 Forest Of October (Correct Version) hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

401 bars, about 19:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 101 exercises over 32 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Forest Of October (Correct Version)?

16 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 401 BARS ANALYSED
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