Hyperion · Windhand

191 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 8:18 of playing, on crash, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
191
LENGTH
8:18
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 34, 36 and 38, and 24 more places -- 14.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 92 BPM
HYPERION · BAR 34
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 8, 14, 18, 24, 26, 30 and 15 more.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

191 bars across 3 sections: 30 keep time, 21 are fills, 132 are stops and 7 are silent.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesHS2S1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hyperion?

92 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 Hyperion hard to play on drums?

34 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 15 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

191 bars, about 8:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 3 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Hyperion?

9 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 8, 14, 18, 24, 26, 30 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 191 BARS ANALYSED
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