Format C: for Cortex · Dark Tranquillity

77 bars, 4:00, at 71 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
71 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
77
LENGTH
4:00
DIFFICULTY
80/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-19, 25-27 and 41-43, and 1 more place -- 13.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 71 BPM
FORMAT C: FOR CORTEX · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 4, 13, 15, 16, 20, 28 and 12 more.

LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 71 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

77 bars across 10 sections: 36 keep time, 18 are fills, 6 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 60-67.

PART C
PART G
CHORUS
PART O
CHORUS 2
PART S7
PART U
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesLOXCG+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Format C: for Cortex?

71 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Format C: for Cortex hard to play on drums?

80 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 70 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

77 bars, about 4:00 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 14 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 Format C: for Cortex?

7 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 4, 13, 15, 16, 20, 28 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 77 BARS ANALYSED
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