Ludwig, the Holy Blade - Metal Cover || RichaadEB · Bloodborne

80 bars of 6/4 -- not four -- at 125 BPM, 3:46 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
6/4
BARS
80
LENGTH
3:46
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 44-46, 48-49 and 52 -- 12% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
LUDWIG, THE HOLY BLADE - METAL COVER || RICHAADEB · BARS 44-45
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 25 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 7-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 11-15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 21-27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 7 TIMES

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

80 bars across 6 sections: 14 keep time, 31 are fills, 1 is a stop and 30 are silent.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART T
OUTRO
BREAK
6 groovesS6JTAEB+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ludwig, the Holy Blade - Metal Cover || RichaadEB?

125 BPM, in 6/4, 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 Ludwig, the Holy Blade - Metal Cover || RichaadEB hard to play on drums?

63 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

80 bars, about 3:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 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 Ludwig, the Holy Blade - Metal Cover || RichaadEB?

11 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 25 more.

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