Holmgangan Part I & II · Acheron's Idol

173 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 7:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
173
LENGTH
7:05
DIFFICULTY
45/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 28-35 and 75-82 -- 10.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 90 BPM
HOLMGANGAN PART I & II · BAR 28
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 12, 13, 14, 15, 37, 38 and 15 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 12-15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 37-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 69-72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 84-89 · LANDS ON BAR 90 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

197 bars across 25 sections: 92 keep time, 21 are fills, 6 are stops and 47 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 128-137.

PART L
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AI
PART AR
BREAK
BREAK 2
22 groovesOARS19S23L+17Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Holmgangan Part I & II?

90 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Holmgangan Part I & II hard to play on drums?

45 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

173 bars, about 7:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 66 exercises over 20 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 Holmgangan Part I & II?

5 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 12, 13, 14, 15, 37, 38 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 173 BARS ANALYSED
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