Luck As Constant · Periphery

181 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 5:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
181
LENGTH
5:21
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-18, 28 and 32-33, and 12 more places -- 19.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
LUCK AS CONSTANT · BAR 133
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 16, 20, 21, 25, 31, 38 and 15 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

181 bars across 17 sections: 102 keep time, 21 are fills, 6 are stops and 28 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 42-49.

COUNT-IN
PART D
CHORUS
PART S
PART AC
PART S
PART D
PART S10
PART AU
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
9 groovesCDAUSAC+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Luck As Constant?

135 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 Luck As Constant hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

181 bars, about 5:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 19 sittings, about 25 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 Luck As Constant?

14 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 16, 20, 21, 25, 31, 38 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 181 BARS ANALYSED
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