Hail to the King (E standard) 5 minute version · John potato

89 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 3:01 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
3:01
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 46% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-19, 21-23 and 25-27, and 15 more places -- 45.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 118 BPM
HAIL TO THE KING (E STANDARD) 5 MINUTE VERSION · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 28, 35, 36, 44, 47, 48 and 5 more.

LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BARS 35-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BARS 47-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 6 sections: 66 keep time, 11 are fills, 4 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-27.

CHORUS
OUTRO
5 groovesCOABS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hail to the King (E standard) 5 minute version?

118 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 Hail to the King (E standard) 5 minute version hard to play on drums?

41 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

89 bars, about 3:01 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 23 exercises over 6 sittings, about 28 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 Hail to the King (E standard) 5 minute version?

7 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 28, 35, 36, 44, 47, 48 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 89 BARS ANALYSED
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