Hex Omega · Opeth

167 bars of 4/4 at a walking 109 BPM, 5:54 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
109 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
167
LENGTH
5:54
DIFFICULTY
62/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38, 40 and 42, and 19 more places -- 16.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 109 BPM
HEX OMEGA · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 45 more.

LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 4-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 12-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BARS 20-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 109 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

167 bars across 11 sections: 64 keep time, 51 are fills, 13 are stops and 34 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 53-68.

PART A
PART S2
CHORUS
PART S
BREAK
CHORUS 2
BREAK 2
OUTRO 2
10 groovesOAAFS6S+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hex Omega?

109 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 Hex Omega hard to play on drums?

62 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

167 bars, about 5:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 14 sittings, about 25 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 Hex Omega?

18 fills to learn, played 51 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 45 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 167 BARS ANALYSED
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