Mourning Soul · Absurd

14 bars of 4/4 at a walking 78 BPM, 0:43 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetalUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
78 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
14
LENGTH
0:43
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 50% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1, 3-5 and 7-9 -- 50% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 78 BPM
MOURNING SOUL · BAR 1
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 2, 6 and 10.

LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

14 bars across 2 sections: 10 keep time and 3 are fills.

OUTRO
OUTRO 2
2 groovesADFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Mourning Soul?

78 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Mourning Soul hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 57 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

14 bars, about 0:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 8 exercises over 3 sittings, about 24 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 Mourning Soul?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 2, 6 and 10.

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