Pomp And Circumstance · Accept

65 bars of 4/4 at a walking 92 BPM, 2:49 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalJazz / Blues90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
92 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
65
LENGTH
2:49
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5, 9 and 11, and 12 more places -- 24.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 92 BPM
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 12, 24, 32, 44, 54, 56 and 2 more.

LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 92 BPM
BAR 62 · LANDS ON BAR 63
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

65 bars across 5 sections: 45 keep time, 8 are fills, 3 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-53.

COUNT-IN
PART C
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesFCBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pomp And Circumstance?

92 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Pomp And Circumstance hard to play on drums?

39 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

65 bars, about 2:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 5 sittings, about 26 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 Pomp And Circumstance?

3 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 12, 24, 32, 44, 54, 56 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 65 BARS ANALYSED
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