self defeating prophecy · Dystopia

137 bars of 4/4 at a walking 103 BPM, 5:19 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metalcore / HardcoreMetal90 to 119 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
103 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
137
LENGTH
5:19
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17, 19 and 21, and 18 more places -- 16.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 103 BPM
SELF DEFEATING PROPHECY · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 8, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30 and 25 more.

LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 103 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

137 bars across 17 sections: 74 keep time, 31 are fills, 9 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-7.

PART A
PART F
CHORUS
PART R
CHORUS 2
PART AD
PART AL
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
OUTRO 2
12 groovesKADRALBB+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is self defeating prophecy?

103 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 self defeating prophecy hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

137 bars, about 5:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 19 sittings, about 25 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 self defeating prophecy?

17 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 8, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 137 BARS ANALYSED
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