Painters of the Tempest, Pt. II (Triptych Lux) · Ne Obliviscaris

856 bars at 215 BPM -- fast, and 15:25 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalProgressive150 BPM and up
TEMPO
215 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
856
LENGTH
15:25
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30, 39 and 45, and 24 more places -- 6.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 215 BPM
PAINTERS OF THE TEMPEST, PT. II (TRIPTYCH LUX) · BAR 45
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

44 fills to learn, played 218 times: bars 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 212 more.

LOOP · 215 BPM
BARS 12-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 18 TIMES
LOOP · 215 BPM
BARS 31-38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 24 TIMES
LOOP · 215 BPM
BARS 40-44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 215 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 11 TIMES

40 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

856 bars across 61 sections: 419 keep time, 218 are fills, 25 are stops and 136 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 485-516.

CHORUS 4
OUTRO
43 groovesQLESDLEW+38Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Painters of the Tempest, Pt. II (Triptych Lux)?

215 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. At that speed the sixteenth notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Painters of the Tempest, Pt. II (Triptych Lux) hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

856 bars, about 15:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 194 exercises over 66 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 Painters of the Tempest, Pt. II (Triptych Lux)?

44 fills to learn, played 218 times: bars 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 212 more.

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