In Joy And Sorrow · HIM

112 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 3:56 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
112
LENGTH
3:56
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 81% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-31, 33-46 and 49-64, and 3 more places -- 80.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 114 BPM
IN JOY AND SORROW · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 15, 16, 47, 48 and 80.

LOOP · 114 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

112 bars across 5 sections: 89 keep time, 5 are fills and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 81-112.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCS1AS2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In Joy And Sorrow?

114 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 Joy And Sorrow hard to play on drums?

52 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 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

112 bars, about 3:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 3 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in In Joy And Sorrow?

2 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 15, 16, 47, 48 and 80.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 112 BARS ANALYSED
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