Misanthrope · Death

144 bars of 4/4 at a walking 98 BPM, 5:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalProgressive90 to 119 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
98 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
144
LENGTH
5:39
DIFFICULTY
97/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 13-14, 17-18 and 21-22, and 5 more places -- 11.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 98 BPM
MISANTHROPE · BARS 13-14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 1, 2, 16, 20, 24, 30 and 13 more.

LOOP · 98 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 98 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

144 bars across 14 sections: 99 keep time, 21 are fills and 1 is a stop. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-61.

PART C
CHORUS
PART O
PART V
PART AC
PART AG
PART AJ
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART O
OUTRO 2
9 groovesHCOXV+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Misanthrope?

98 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 Misanthrope hard to play on drums?

97 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 75 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

144 bars, about 5:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 21 sittings, about 26 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 Misanthrope?

9 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 1, 2, 16, 20, 24, 30 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 144 BARS ANALYSED
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