ROSE OF PAIN · X Japan

366 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 9:46 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
366
LENGTH
9:46
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 134-141, 144-150 and 152-158, and 2 more places -- 14.4% 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
ROSE OF PAIN · BAR 135
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

25 fills to learn, played 55 times: bars 10, 12, 14, 36, 38, 40 and 49 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39

21 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

366 bars across 32 sections: 224 keep time, 55 are fills, 51 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 160-190.

PART A
CHORUS
PART BD
PART BD
19 groovesANBDNAWA+14Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is ROSE OF PAIN?

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 ROSE OF PAIN hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

366 bars, about 9:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 93 exercises over 32 sittings, about 24 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?

25 fills to learn, played 55 times: bars 10, 12, 14, 36, 38, 40 and 49 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 366 BARS ANALYSED
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