Of The Abyss · Lorna Shore

161 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
161
LENGTH
4:57
DIFFICULTY
95/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 25-27, 29-31 and 57-59, and 4 more places -- 12.4% 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
OF THE ABYSS · BARS 25-26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

22 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 16, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 and 39 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

18 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

161 bars across 15 sections: 68 keep time, 45 are fills, 29 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 8-15.

PART C
PART H
CHORUS
PART H
PART L
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesAHCXL+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Of The Abyss?

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 Of The Abyss hard to play on drums?

95 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

161 bars, about 4:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 21 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 Of The Abyss?

22 fills to learn, played 45 times: bars 16, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 and 39 more.

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