In My Time Of Need · Opeth

100 bars, 5:48, at 69 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
69 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
100
LENGTH
5:48
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 39% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-20, 22-24 and 39-41, and 9 more places -- 39.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 69 BPM
IN MY TIME OF NEED · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 12, 17, 33, 37, 38, 47 and 14 more.

LOOP · 69 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 69 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 69 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 69 BPM
BARS 37-38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

100 bars across 10 sections: 63 keep time, 20 are fills, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 19-25.

PART F
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART W
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesHFWS1S5+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In My Time Of Need?

69 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is In My Time Of Need hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

100 bars, about 5:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 11 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 In My Time Of Need?

13 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 12, 17, 33, 37, 38, 47 and 14 more.

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