gore of being · ERRA

118 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 3:30 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
118
LENGTH
3:30
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23-25, 27-29 and 52-54, and 6 more places -- 18.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
GORE OF BEING · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 4, 8, 15, 22, 35, 49 and 5 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

118 bars across 14 sections: 74 keep time, 11 are fills, 3 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 56-63.

PART C
PART N
PART C
PART N
CHORUS 2
PART S9
PART AR
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesSCNARS9+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is gore of being?

135 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 gore of being hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

118 bars, about 3:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 46 exercises over 14 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in gore of being?

9 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 4, 8, 15, 22, 35, 49 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 118 BARS ANALYSED
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