Meaning In Tragedy · As I Lay Dying

66 bars, 4:48, at 55 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

MetalMetalcore / HardcoreUnder 90 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
55 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
66
LENGTH
4:48
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-9, 14-17 and 30-33 -- 18.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 55 BPM
MEANING IN TRAGEDY · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 5, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 16 more.

LOOP · 55 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 55 BPM
BARS 20-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 10 TIMES
LOOP · 55 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 55 BPM
BARS 58-66 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

66 bars across 11 sections: 31 keep time, 22 are fills, 3 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 47-53.

PART S2
PART E
PART F
PART E
CHORUS
PART E
PART F
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesGQEFP+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Meaning In Tragedy?

55 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Meaning In Tragedy hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on 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?

66 bars, about 4:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 25 exercises over 8 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Meaning In Tragedy?

4 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 5, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 66 BARS ANALYSED
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