In The Hall Of The Mountain King · Madness

12 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 0:24 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
12
LENGTH
0:24
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 50% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-8 and 10 -- 50% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING · BAR 7
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 5.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

12 bars across 2 sections: 7 keep time, 1 is a fill and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-12.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In The Hall Of The Mountain King?

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 The Hall Of The Mountain King hard to play on drums?

42 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

12 bars, about 0:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 The Hall Of The Mountain King?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 5.

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