Per Aspera Ad Inferi · Ghost

129 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 4:01 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
4:01
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 17-19 and 25-27, and 9 more places -- 21.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 128 BPM
PER ASPERA AD INFERI · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 34, 36, 44, 52, 53, 54 and 11 more.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BARS 52-56 · LANDS ON BAR 57 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 14 sections: 91 keep time, 17 are fills, 1 is a stop and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 79-92.

PART D
PART F
PART F
CHORUS
PART H
PART D
PART F
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesOFDZH+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Per Aspera Ad Inferi?

128 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 Per Aspera Ad Inferi hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 77 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 4:01 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high 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 Per Aspera Ad Inferi?

6 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 34, 36, 44, 52, 53, 54 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 129 BARS ANALYSED
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