Nymphetamine (Overdose) · Cradle Of Filth

300 bars of 4/4 at 142 BPM, about 9:23 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
142 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
300
LENGTH
9:23
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-6, 8-12 and 14-17, and 10 more places -- 22.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 142 BPM
NYMPHETAMINE (OVERDOSE) · BAR 86
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

24 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 1, 18, 19, 29, 37, 49 and 33 more.

LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 142 BPM
BARS 18-19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

20 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

300 bars across 24 sections: 174 keep time, 39 are fills, 23 are stops and 49 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 131-147.

CHORUS
PART I
CHORUS 2
PART X
PART AJ
PART X
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
15 groovesBXS24IF+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Nymphetamine (Overdose)?

142 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 Nymphetamine (Overdose) hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

300 bars, about 9:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 78 exercises over 22 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 Nymphetamine (Overdose)?

24 fills to learn, played 39 times: bars 1, 18, 19, 29, 37, 49 and 33 more.

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