Path · Apocalyptica

77 bars, 4:06, at 75 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride and kick and nothing else.

MetalProgressiveUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
75 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
77
LENGTH
4:06
DIFFICULTY
27/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 43% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13, 15 and 17, and 17 more places -- 43.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 75 BPM
PATH · BAR 21
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 35, 63 and 65.

LOOP · 75 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

77 bars across 7 sections: 58 keep time, 3 are fills and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 12-26.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesEFS1DS4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Path?

75 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Path hard to play on drums?

27 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how much of it falls off the beat the part that decides it. The beat itself is 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

77 bars, about 4:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 3 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in Path?

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 35, 63 and 65.

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