Mahakala · Crystal Lake

129 bars of 4/4 at 143 BPM, about 3:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
143 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
3:37
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 81-83, 85-87 and 113-115, and 3 more places -- 15.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 143 BPM
MAHAKALA · BARS 81-82
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 24, 25, 26, 28, 36, 40 and 12 more.

LOOP · 143 BPM
BARS 24-26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 16 sections: 74 keep time, 18 are fills, 2 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-23.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART I
PART Q
PART AB
CHORUS
PART AH
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
12 groovesADIAHBE+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mahakala?

143 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 Mahakala hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 3:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 18 sittings, about 25 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 Mahakala?

13 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 24, 25, 26, 28, 36, 40 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 129 BARS ANALYSED
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