Scourge of Terror · Killing Of A Sacred Deer

63 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 2:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
63
LENGTH
2:35
DIFFICULTY
80/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 35-36 and 48-53 -- 13.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 95 BPM
SCOURGE OF TERROR · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 22, 23 and 20 more.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 1-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 22-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 25-34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 10 TIMES
LOOP · 95 BPM
BARS 37-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

63 bars across 9 sections: 29 keep time, 26 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-53.

PART D
PART I
PART S5
PART P
CHORUS
OUTRO
8 groovesAEPDIS5+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Scourge of Terror?

95 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 Scourge of Terror hard to play on drums?

80 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

63 bars, about 2:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 9 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Scourge of Terror?

6 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 22, 23 and 20 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 63 BARS ANALYSED
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