Our Saviour · Paradise Lost

154 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:46 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
154
LENGTH
4:46
DIFFICULTY
92/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 48-49, 52-53 and 56-58, and 8 more places -- 16.8% 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
OUR SAVIOUR · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 22, 26, 47 and 15 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 6-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

154 bars across 17 sections: 105 keep time, 22 are fills, 7 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 56-70.

PART A
PART H
PART I
PART M
PART N
CHORUS
PART AB
PART I
PART M
OUTRO
12 groovesRMINV+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Our Saviour?

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 Our Saviour hard to play on drums?

92 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 95 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

154 bars, about 4:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 21 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Our Saviour?

8 fills to learn, played 21 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 22, 26, 47 and 15 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 154 BARS ANALYSED
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