GATES OF PARADISE · While She Sleeps

163 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 4:43 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
163
LENGTH
4:43
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 20-22, 24-26 and 36, and 5 more places -- 16.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
GATES OF PARADISE · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 23, 27, 31, 33, 47, 51 and 23 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

163 bars across 19 sections: 60 keep time, 29 are fills, 25 are stops and 39 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 84-90.

COUNT-IN
PART F
CHORUS 3
PART V
PART S17
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
16 groovesCS17AFV+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is GATES OF PARADISE?

138 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 GATES OF PARADISE hard to play on drums?

52 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

163 bars, about 4:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 17 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 GATES OF PARADISE?

14 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 23, 27, 31, 33, 47, 51 and 23 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 163 BARS ANALYSED
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