Melancholy-Cover · Shadow Of Intent

175 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 5:00 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
175
LENGTH
5:00
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-55, 100-102 and 104-106, and 6 more places -- 23.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
MELANCHOLY-COVER · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 56, 58, 60, 75, 142 and 166.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 75 · LANDS ON BAR 76

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

175 bars across 20 sections: 108 keep time, 6 are fills, 12 are stops and 30 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 127-141.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART M
PART S
PART G
PART W
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
13 groovesHGS1MS+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Melancholy-Cover?

140 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 Melancholy-Cover hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

175 bars, about 5:00 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 16 sittings, about 25 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 Melancholy-Cover?

6 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 56, 58, 60, 75, 142 and 166.

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