Grimorio Hyboriano IV · Hyborian Grimoire

356 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 13:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
356
LENGTH
13:57
DIFFICULTY
93/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29, 31 and 33, and 25 more places -- 12.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
GRIMORIO HYBORIANO IV · BAR 57
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 30, 32, 34, 36, 74, 76 and 13 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 74 · LANDS ON BAR 75 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 76 · LANDS ON BAR 77 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

363 bars across 53 sections: 269 keep time, 19 are fills, 4 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 58-71.

42 groovesHAMOUBP+37Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Grimorio Hyboriano IV?

100 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 IV hard to play on drums?

93 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 79 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

356 bars, about 13:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 156 exercises over 52 sittings, about 28 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 Grimorio Hyboriano IV?

9 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 30, 32, 34, 36, 74, 76 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 356 BARS ANALYSED
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