Penitence · Morterra

191 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 5:17 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
191
LENGTH
5:17
DIFFICULTY
88/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-41, 66-68 and 70-72, and 3 more places -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
PENITENCE · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 83, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97 and 3 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 83-85 · LANDS ON BAR 86 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 140 · LANDS ON BAR 141
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 145 · LANDS ON BAR 146
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 158 · LANDS ON BAR 159
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

196 bars across 19 sections: 149 keep time, 9 are fills, 3 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 59-82.

PART B
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART P
PART F
PART AF
PART AF
OUTRO 2
15 groovesEFAFBP+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Penitence?

150 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 Penitence hard to play on drums?

88 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 79 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

191 bars, about 5:17 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, 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 Penitence?

4 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 83, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 191 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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