Heart in Hand · Opeth

245 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 8:13 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
245
LENGTH
8:13
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 10, 12, 28, 45, 46, 72 and 25 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 45-46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

245 bars across 15 sections: 166 keep time, 31 are fills, 8 are stops and 24 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 203-219.

PART H
PART W
PART AH
PART U
PART AH
PART BE
PART S10
CHORUS 2
11 groovesBNAHHWBE+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Heart in Hand?

120 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 Heart in Hand hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

245 bars, about 8:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 66 exercises over 25 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Heart in Hand?

16 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 10, 12, 28, 45, 46, 72 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 245 BARS ANALYSED
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