Knights of Shame · Awolnation

291 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 11:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ElectronicPop90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
291
LENGTH
11:36
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 43% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-24, 33-64 and 85-89, and 6 more places -- 42.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 100 BPM
KNIGHTS OF SHAME · BAR 33
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 194, 202, 210, 214, 218, 226 and 16 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 194 · LANDS ON BAR 195
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 202 · LANDS ON BAR 203
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 210 · LANDS ON BAR 211 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 226 · LANDS ON BAR 227

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

291 bars across 25 sections: 211 keep time, 22 are fills, 16 are stops and 25 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 154-185.

CHORUS 2
PART D
CHORUS 4
CHORUS 5
CHORUS 6
PART S
15 groovesCLSDM+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Knights of Shame?

100 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 Knights of Shame hard to play on drums?

39 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

291 bars, about 11:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 14 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Knights of Shame?

12 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 194, 202, 210, 214, 218, 226 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 291 BARS ANALYSED
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