Heaven Wept · Inferi

259 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 8:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
259
LENGTH
8:38
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 76-88, 93-99 and 101-104, and 2 more places -- 13.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
HEAVEN WEPT · BAR 84
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

38 fills to learn, played 55 times: bars 4, 5, 7, 8, 16, 20 and 49 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 4-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

34 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

259 bars across 28 sections: 143 keep time, 56 are fills, 19 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 76-90.

PART E
CHORUS
PART BE
CHORUS 2
PART AZ
20 groovesAXWBEAZE+15Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Heaven Wept?

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 Heaven Wept hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

259 bars, about 8:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 121 exercises over 36 sittings, about 26 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 Wept?

38 fills to learn, played 55 times: bars 4, 5, 7, 8, 16, 20 and 49 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 259 BARS ANALYSED
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