I DECLARE GODDESS · Unk

107 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 3:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
107
LENGTH
3:22
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4, 6 and 18-19, and 2 more places -- 9.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
I DECLARE GODDESS · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 5, 7, 12, 13, 15, 17 and 11 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 12-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

107 bars across 13 sections: 39 keep time, 17 are fills, 27 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 40-47.

PART D
PART G
PART Q
PART S5
PART U
PART G
OUTRO
11 groovesS13GUDS5+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is I DECLARE GODDESS?

125 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 DECLARE GODDESS hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

107 bars, about 3:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 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 I DECLARE GODDESS?

11 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 5, 7, 12, 13, 15, 17 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 107 BARS ANALYSED
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