My Kantele · Amorphis

235 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:54 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
235
LENGTH
6:54
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-22, 25-30 and 33-38, and 15 more places -- 22.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
MY KANTELE · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 23, 63, 95, 102, 110, 134 and 1 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 95 · LANDS ON BAR 96
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 110 · LANDS ON BAR 111

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

235 bars across 15 sections: 137 keep time, 7 are fills, 53 are stops and 22 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 200-230.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART F
PART J
PART D
CHORUS
PART D
PART J
PART T
PART V
PART AC
OUTRO
12 groovesOAFJDAC+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is My Kantele?

120 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 Kantele hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 32 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

235 bars, about 6:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 14 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in My Kantele?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 23, 63, 95, 102, 110, 134 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 235 BARS ANALYSED
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