Heaven on High · Periphery

145 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
145
LENGTH
4:18
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9, 11 and 13, and 22 more places -- 22.5% 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
HEAVEN ON HIGH · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 24, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80 and 5 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

145 bars across 10 sections: 87 keep time, 11 are fills, 32 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 105-119.

CHORUS
PART F
PART B
PART F
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART W
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesCFWBAF+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Heaven on High?

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 Heaven on High hard to play on drums?

61 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

145 bars, about 4:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 15 sittings, about 25 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 Heaven on High?

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 24, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 145 BARS ANALYSED
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