Opening of the gates (complete) · Morbid Angel

181 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 5:09 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
181
LENGTH
5:09
DIFFICULTY
89/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 27, 29 and 31, and 13 more places -- 22.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
OPENING OF THE GATES (COMPLETE) · BAR 27
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

19 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 18 and 25 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 2-3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 24-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

181 bars across 15 sections: 129 keep time, 31 are fills and 5 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 93-107.

PART D
PART S
PART S
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART P
8 groovesISPDM+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Opening of the gates (complete)?

140 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 Opening of the gates (complete) hard to play on drums?

89 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 87 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

181 bars, about 5:09 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 58 exercises over 20 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Opening of the gates (complete)?

19 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 18 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 181 BARS ANALYSED
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