Satan Is Real · Kreator

110 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 4:19 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

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TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
110
LENGTH
4:19
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-37, 57-63 and 83-89 -- 19.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 102 BPM
SATAN IS REAL · BAR 32
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 30 and 12 more.

LOOP · 102 BPM
BARS 5-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

110 bars across 15 sections: 66 keep time, 18 are fills and 7 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-15.

CHORUS
PART I
PART K
PART O
PART I
PART K
PART O
PART R
PART K
PART O
PART W
OUTRO 2
7 groovesGOKIR+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Satan Is Real?

102 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 Satan Is Real hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

110 bars, about 4:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 12 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 Satan Is Real?

9 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 30 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 110 BARS ANALYSED
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