Red Goliath · Arch

90 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 2:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
90
LENGTH
2:24
DIFFICULTY
97/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 53-58 and 69-74 -- 14% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
RED GOLIATH · BAR 53
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 4, 7, 8, 12, 26, 36 and 18 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 39-42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

90 bars across 13 sections: 51 keep time, 24 are fills and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 53-58.

CHORUS
PART N
CHORUS 2
PART V
PART E
PART V
OUTRO 2
8 groovesAVNEJ+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Red Goliath?

150 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 Red Goliath hard to play on drums?

97 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

90 bars, about 2:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 12 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 Red Goliath?

8 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 4, 7, 8, 12, 26, 36 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 90 BARS ANALYSED
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