Homo Sum · Decapitated

122 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 4:28 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
122
LENGTH
4:28
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 27-29, 31-33 and 35-37, and 3 more places -- 15% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
HOMO SUM · BAR 27
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 24 and 27 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 8-11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

122 bars across 14 sections: 67 keep time, 35 are fills, 4 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 80-86.

PART D
PART I
CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART AD
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesOLIAHM+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Homo Sum?

108 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 Homo Sum hard to play on drums?

100 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 99 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

122 bars, about 4:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 15 sittings, about 27 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 Homo Sum?

14 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 24 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 122 BARS ANALYSED
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