Revelation · Helloween

328 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 9:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
328
LENGTH
9:21
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 55, 57 and 59-60, and 12 more places -- 8.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
REVELATION · BAR 57
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

26 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 52 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 20-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 36-38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

22 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

328 bars across 28 sections: 177 keep time, 58 are fills, 45 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 131-144.

CHORUS 2
PART AL
PART AM
PART N
PART AZ
PART BP
CHORUS 3
20 groovesPAMNMAZ+15Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Revelation?

140 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 Revelation hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

328 bars, about 9:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 108 exercises over 36 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Revelation?

26 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 52 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 328 BARS ANALYSED
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