Maze of Phobetor · Akhlys

197 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 7:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
197
LENGTH
7:30
DIFFICULTY
95/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 15 and 65-71, and 5 more places -- 22% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
MAZE OF PHOBETOR · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 2, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 39 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 13-14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

197 bars across 20 sections: 106 keep time, 45 are fills, 3 are stops and 24 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 73-80.

CHORUS
PART N
PART S6
CHORUS 2
PART AT
PART K
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
12 groovesFATANAI+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Maze of Phobetor?

110 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 Maze of Phobetor hard to play on drums?

95 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 100 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

197 bars, about 7:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 74 exercises over 28 sittings, about 25 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 Maze of Phobetor?

21 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 2, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 39 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 197 BARS ANALYSED
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