Grimorio Hyboriano III · Hyborian Grimoire

440 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 12:17 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
440
LENGTH
12:17
DIFFICULTY
97/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 45-46, 49-50 and 53-54, and 17 more places -- 8.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
GRIMORIO HYBORIANO III · BAR 229
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 60 times: bars 4, 8, 12, 16, 18, 20 and 54 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

440 bars across 33 sections: 298 keep time, 62 are fills, 37 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 38-58.

PART E
PART K
PART BA
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
29 groovesMNBTAWBA+24Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Grimorio Hyboriano III?

145 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 Grimorio Hyboriano III hard to play on drums?

97 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 88 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

440 bars, about 12:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 148 exercises over 56 sittings, about 25 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 Grimorio Hyboriano III?

21 fills to learn, played 60 times: bars 4, 8, 12, 16, 18, 20 and 54 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 440 BARS ANALYSED
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