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Sanctus Ignis · Adagio

Sanctus Ignis · Adagio
EXERCISE 1 OF 46
Groove Q -- Chorus
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0 / 46 PASSED · 30 BARS LIT · IN THE CHORUS, CHORUS 2, OUTRO 2
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
GROOVE · 8
FILL · 7
LAND · 7
RUN · 3
JOIN · 8
LINK · 4
SECTION · 8
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play Sanctus Ignis on drums

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.

64 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
133
LENGTH
4:06
DIFFICULTY
64/100

hi-hat through bars 1-7, ride through bars 8-19, hi-hat through bars 20-35, ride through bars 36-47, hi-hat through bars 48-69 and ride through bars 70-79, and 7 more changes after that.

The beat

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.

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    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
CC |x---------------|
RD |----x---x---x---|
SD |x---x---x---x---|
BD |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
Sanctus Ignis -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

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

What the course does

It cuts the song into 38 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- Q -- 3 exercises, about 22 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- H -- 2 exercises, about 24 minutes.
  3. The grooves the song is built on -- I -- 4 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  4. Through Part H and Part I -- 5 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  5. Through Part I and the Chorus -- 3 exercises, about 22 minutes.
  6. Through Part I and the Chorus -- 2 exercises, about 20 minutes.
  7. Through Part S -- 5 exercises, about 30 minutes.
  8. Bars 57-82 -- 6 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  9. and 3 more sittings after that.
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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