Roses For The Dead · Funeral For A Friend

105 bars of 4/4 at a walking 106 BPM, 3:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetalcore / Hardcore90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
106 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:58
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-33 and 58-65 -- 16% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 106 BPM
ROSES FOR THE DEAD · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 40, 56, 86, 103, 104 and 105.

LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 86 · LANDS ON BAR 87
LOOP · 106 BPM
BARS 103-105 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 13 sections: 80 keep time, 6 are fills, 1 is a stop and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 88-102.

PART D
PART F
PART H
PART I
PART L
PART D
PART H
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesUHIDP+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Roses For The Dead?

106 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Roses For The Dead hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 13 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 Roses For The Dead?

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 40, 56, 86, 103, 104 and 105.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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