Kings Of The Carnival Creation · Dimmu Borgir

265 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 9:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

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TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
265
LENGTH
9:14
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 193-198, 201-203 and 205-206, and 2 more places -- 7.3% 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
KINGS OF THE CARNIVAL CREATION · BAR 194
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 16, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 12 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

265 bars across 23 sections: 188 keep time, 18 are fills and 31 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 194-219.

COUNT-IN
PART I
PART AB
PART AI
CHORUS
OUTRO
22 groovesCDIAIABBG+17Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Kings Of The Carnival Creation?

120 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Kings Of The Carnival Creation hard to play on drums?

100 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 69 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

265 bars, about 9:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 96 exercises over 41 sittings, about 24 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 Kings Of The Carnival Creation?

12 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 16, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 12 more.

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