Forlorn Hope · After Forever

130 bars of 4/4 at a walking 87 BPM, 5:52 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
87 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
5:52
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-21, 23-26 and 40-43, and 2 more places -- 16.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 87 BPM
FORLORN HOPE · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 34, 56, 76, 77, 93, 101 and 4 more.

LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BARS 76-77 · LANDS ON BAR 78 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 101 · LANDS ON BAR 102

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 16 sections: 81 keep time, 10 are fills, 9 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 63-71.

PART B
PART G
PART B
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART R
PART V
CHORUS 3
PART S13
OUTRO
11 groovesIBGS13R+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Forlorn Hope?

87 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 Forlorn Hope hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 72 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 5:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 17 sittings, about 23 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 Forlorn Hope?

7 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 34, 56, 76, 77, 93, 101 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 130 BARS ANALYSED
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