Malignant Perfection · Cradle Of Filth

197 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 5:50 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
197
LENGTH
5:50
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-55, 57-63 and 97-103, and 3 more places -- 20.9% 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
MALIGNANT PERFECTION · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 16, 32, 39, 40, 48, 56 and 22 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 39-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

197 bars across 22 sections: 99 keep time, 28 are fills, 34 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-15.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AC
PART I
13 groovesKBIDAC+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Malignant Perfection?

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 Malignant Perfection hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

197 bars, about 5:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 67 exercises over 18 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Malignant Perfection?

18 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 16, 32, 39, 40, 48, 56 and 22 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 197 BARS ANALYSED
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