In Excelsis, Nova Era · Angra

232 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 7:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
232
LENGTH
7:38
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 47-52, 67 and 69-70, and 19 more places -- 23.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
IN EXCELSIS, NOVA ERA · BAR 47
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 38, 46, 53, 54, 68, 71 and 42 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 53-54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

232 bars across 25 sections: 129 keep time, 48 are fills, 16 are stops and 20 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 216-225.

PART A
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART Z
PART AI
OUTRO
16 groovesJANAIH+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In Excelsis, Nova Era?

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 Excelsis, Nova Era hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

232 bars, about 7:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 exercises over 19 sittings, about 26 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 Excelsis, Nova Era?

22 fills to learn, played 48 times: bars 38, 46, 53, 54, 68, 71 and 42 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 232 BARS ANALYSED
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