Mana · Equilibrium

495 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 25:07 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalCountry / Folk90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
495
LENGTH
25:07
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 94-108, 120-123 and 132-135, and 2 more places -- 9.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 90 BPM
MANA · BAR 94
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 116, 143, 391 and 395.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 116 · LANDS ON BAR 117
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 143 · LANDS ON BAR 144
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 391 · LANDS ON BAR 392
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 395 · LANDS ON BAR 396
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

495 bars across 50 sections: 303 keep time, 4 are fills, 1 is a stop and 113 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 270-298.

PART CA
BREAK 5
33 groovesS50AGACCPCA+28Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mana?

90 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 Mana hard to play on drums?

52 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 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

495 bars, about 25:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 134 exercises over 38 sittings, about 26 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 Mana?

4 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 116, 143, 391 and 395.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 495 BARS ANALYSED
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