Pyramid God · Septicflesh

183 bars of 4/4 at 142 BPM, about 5:08 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

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TEMPO
142 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
183
LENGTH
5:08
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-8, 10-16 and 34-40, and 3 more places -- 23.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 142 BPM
PYRAMID GOD · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 9, 25, 29, 33, 41, 69 and 10 more.

LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

183 bars across 16 sections: 146 keep time, 17 are fills and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 99-125.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART J
CHORUS 3
PART O
PART Q
PART W
OUTRO 2
12 groovesBOQGJ+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Pyramid God?

142 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 Pyramid God hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

183 bars, about 5:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 50 exercises over 16 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Pyramid God?

9 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 9, 25, 29, 33, 41, 69 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 183 BARS ANALYSED
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