Hebei Moqilin [Dark Qilin of Hebei] / 河北墨麒麟 · Omnipotent Youth Society (万能青年旅店)

240 bars, 11:30, at 68 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
68 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
240
LENGTH
11:30
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 153-154, 157-158 and 161-162, and 13 more places -- 12.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 68 BPM
HEBEI MOQILIN [DARK QILIN OF HEBEI] / 河北墨麒麟 · BARS 153-154
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

31 fills to learn, played 119 times: bars 9, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 and 113 more.

LOOP · 68 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 68 BPM
BARS 15-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 68 BPM
BARS 19-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 68 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26

27 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

240 bars across 14 sections: 98 keep time, 119 are fills, 3 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 58-80.

PART B
PART C
PART S
PART BP
OUTRO
14 groovesBXSBCBP+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hebei Moqilin [Dark Qilin of Hebei] / 河北墨麒麟?

68 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Hebei Moqilin [Dark Qilin of Hebei] / 河北墨麒麟 hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

240 bars, about 11:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 72 exercises over 26 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 Hebei Moqilin [Dark Qilin of Hebei] / 河北墨麒麟?

31 fills to learn, played 119 times: bars 9, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 and 113 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 240 BARS ANALYSED
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