Pulse/ Surreal · Lantlôs

234 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 7:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
234
LENGTH
7:48
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 122-128, 130-144 and 146-160, and 1 more place -- 22% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
PULSE/ SURREAL · BAR 122
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 1, 17, 53, 129, 145, 161 and 8 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 129 · LANDS ON BAR 130 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

234 bars across 10 sections: 151 keep time, 14 are fills, 33 are stops and 29 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 130-144.

PART B
CHORUS
PART S3
PART L
PART S5
OUTRO
8 groovesHBLS5S3+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pulse/ Surreal?

120 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 Pulse/ Surreal hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 93 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

234 bars, about 7:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 13 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 Pulse/ Surreal?

8 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 1, 17, 53, 129, 145, 161 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 234 BARS ANALYSED
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