My Immortal (Band Version) · Evanescence

18 bars of 4/4 at a walking 78 BPM, 0:55 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
78 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
18
LENGTH
0:55
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-8 and 11-12 -- 35.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 78 BPM
MY IMMORTAL (BAND VERSION) · BAR 6
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 5, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17 and 1 more.

LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 78 BPM
BARS 9-10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 78 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 78 BPM
BARS 16-18 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

18 bars across 2 sections: 7 keep time, 7 are fills and 4 are silent.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
2 groovesCS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is My Immortal (Band Version)?

78 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 My Immortal (Band Version) hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

18 bars, about 0:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 3 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid 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 My Immortal (Band Version)?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 5, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 18 BARS ANALYSED
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