I Am Hell Sonata In C# · Machine Head

206 bars of 4/4 at 136 BPM, about 6:04 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
136 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
206
LENGTH
6:04
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-15, 142 and 175-181, and 1 more place -- 11.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 136 BPM
I AM HELL SONATA IN C# · BAR 175
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 16, 20, 32, 40, 41, 43 and 32 more.

LOOP · 136 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 136 BPM
BARS 40-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 136 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 136 BPM
BARS 54-55 · LANDS ON BAR 56 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

206 bars across 26 sections: 99 keep time, 38 are fills, 24 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 21-31.

PART A
PART E
PART M
PART Y
PART AD
BREAK
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
16 groovesTEAAMAD+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I Am Hell Sonata In C#?

136 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 I Am Hell Sonata In C# hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

206 bars, about 6:04 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 78 exercises over 24 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 I Am Hell Sonata In C#?

15 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 16, 20, 32, 40, 41, 43 and 32 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 206 BARS ANALYSED
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