Hell Above · Pierce The Veil

140 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metalcore / HardcoreAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
4:18
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 45-47, 49-50 and 73-75, and 3 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 · 130 BPM
HELL ABOVE · BAR 45
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 5, 6, 24, 28, 32, 35 and 26 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 17 sections: 69 keep time, 32 are fills, 13 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 61-67.

PART G
PART L
PART P
CHORUS
PART AC
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART AQ
PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
12 groovesYLAQACA+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hell Above?

130 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 Hell Above hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 4:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 62 exercises over 19 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Hell Above?

21 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 5, 6, 24, 28, 32, 35 and 26 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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