Frost Troll · Netherwalker

102 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 3:43 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
102
LENGTH
3:43
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 72-74, 77-78 and 86-92, and 1 more place -- 14.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
FROST TROLL · BAR 72
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 27 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 3 · LANDS ON BAR 4
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 11-15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

102 bars across 11 sections: 28 keep time, 33 are fills, 20 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 73-77.

PART E
PART Q
CHORUS
PART AR
CHORUS 2
PART AY
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesOAYEQAR+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Frost Troll?

110 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 Frost Troll hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

102 bars, about 3:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 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 Frost Troll?

17 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 102 BARS ANALYSED
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