Sempiternal beings (Ver. 2) · Haken

229 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 8:20 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
229
LENGTH
8:20
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 27, 28, 53, 55, 57, 59 and 7 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 27-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 59-60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

229 bars across 19 sections: 135 keep time, 13 are fills, 1 is a stop and 69 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 77-107.

PART A
PART H
PART F
CHORUS
PART S15
PART BB
BREAK 8
17 groovesS19ACBBFA+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sempiternal beings (Ver. 2)?

130 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 Sempiternal beings (Ver. 2) hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

229 bars, about 8:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 15 sittings, about 25 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 Sempiternal beings (Ver. 2)?

9 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 27, 28, 53, 55, 57, 59 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 229 BARS ANALYSED
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