Obsessis a Daemonio · Mental Cruelty

161 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:59 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
161
LENGTH
4:59
DIFFICULTY
91/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 16-22, 28-33 and 111-114 -- 11.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
OBSESSIS A DAEMONIO · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

23 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 7, 11, 13, 15, 23, 27 and 27 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16

19 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

161 bars across 19 sections: 77 keep time, 33 are fills, 26 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 143-149.

CHORUS
PART N
PART Y
PART AB
PART N
PART A
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
15 groovesKNFVA+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Obsessis a Daemonio?

130 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 Obsessis a Daemonio hard to play on drums?

91 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 91 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

161 bars, about 4:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 70 exercises over 20 sittings, about 28 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 Obsessis a Daemonio?

23 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 7, 11, 13, 15, 23, 27 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 161 BARS ANALYSED
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