PROPHECY · LOKEN

177 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 7:18 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
177
LENGTH
7:18
DIFFICULTY
21/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 48-51, 54-57 and 128-136, and 2 more places -- 20.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
PROPHECY · BAR 48
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 38, 58, 59, 78 and 104.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 58-59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 78 · LANDS ON BAR 79 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

183 bars across 24 sections: 100 keep time, 5 are fills, 14 are stops and 34 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 128-153.

PART G
PART J
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
16 groovesUS24CGZ+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is PROPHECY?

110 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 PROPHECY hard to play on drums?

21 out of 100: straightforward, and the one thing to watch is how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 5 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

177 bars, about 7:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 11 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 PROPHECY?

3 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 38, 58, 59, 78 and 104.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 177 BARS ANALYSED
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