In A State Of Disgrace · Arclite

122 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:02 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
122
LENGTH
4:02
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-3, 5-7 and 9-11, and 9 more places -- 23% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
IN A STATE OF DISGRACE · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 49, 71, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 2 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 71 · LANDS ON BAR 72
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 96-99 · LANDS ON BAR 100 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 108 · LANDS ON BAR 109
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

122 bars across 13 sections: 90 keep time, 8 are fills and 7 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-11.

PART B
CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART I
PART M
PART S
OUTRO 2
7 groovesCIMSB+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In A State Of Disgrace?

120 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 In A State Of Disgrace hard to play on drums?

63 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

122 bars, about 4:02 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 15 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 In A State Of Disgrace?

4 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 49, 71, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 122 BARS ANALYSED
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