Possession Version 2 · Whitechapel

145 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
145
LENGTH
4:08
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 112-114, 116-118 and 130-132, and 3 more places -- 13.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
POSSESSION VERSION 2 · BARS 112-113
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 and 12 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

145 bars across 16 sections: 90 keep time, 18 are fills, 11 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 113-145.

PART C
PART S2
PART G
PART J
PART V
PART AA
PART AD
PART Q
PART AG
OUTRO 2
14 groovesAOQCADAG+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Possession Version 2?

135 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 Possession Version 2 hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

145 bars, about 4:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 60 exercises over 20 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 Possession Version 2?

13 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 145 BARS ANALYSED
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