Sanctus Ignis · Adagio

133 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
133
LENGTH
4:06
DIFFICULTY
64/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 36-45, 70-79 and 122-131 -- 24% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
SANCTUS IGNIS · BAR 36
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 27, 34, 35, 55, 62, 63 and 13 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 34-35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 80-81 · LANDS ON BAR 82 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

133 bars across 11 sections: 86 keep time, 19 are fills, 11 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-19.

PART B
PART H
PART I
CHORUS
PART S
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART S8
PART W
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesQLWHI+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sanctus Ignis?

130 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 Sanctus Ignis hard to play on drums?

64 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

133 bars, about 4:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 11 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 Sanctus Ignis?

7 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 27, 34, 35, 55, 62, 63 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 133 BARS ANALYSED
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