Rose Of Pain · X JAPAN

354 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 17:42 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
354
LENGTH
17:42
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 131-138, 141-147 and 149-155, and 5 more places -- 21.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 80 BPM
ROSE OF PAIN · BAR 132
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

33 fills to learn, played 78 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 72 more.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 6-11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BARS 32-35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

29 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

354 bars across 26 sections: 206 keep time, 78 are fills, 26 are stops and 21 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 312-326.

CHORUS
PART AY
PART BB
PART BI
CHORUS 2
PART AY
17 groovesASAYJQBB+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Rose Of Pain?

80 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 Rose Of Pain hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 59 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

354 bars, about 17:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 91 exercises over 27 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 Rose Of Pain?

33 fills to learn, played 78 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 72 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 354 BARS ANALYSED
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