Sequoia Throne · Protest The Protagonist

107 bars at 155 BPM -- fast, and 2:43 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressivePunk150 BPM and up
TEMPO
155 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
107
LENGTH
2:43
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 42, 44 and 46, and 6 more places -- 8.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 155 BPM
SEQUOIA THRONE · BAR 42
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 24 and 29 more.

LOOP · 155 BPM
BARS 4-7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 155 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 155 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 155 BPM
BARS 28-33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

107 bars across 10 sections: 54 keep time, 35 are fills, 7 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 44-56.

PART G
PART H
PART J
PART T
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesXATGBFJ+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sequoia Throne?

155 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Sequoia Throne hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

107 bars, about 2:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 15 sittings, about 27 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 Sequoia Throne?

13 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 24 and 29 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 107 BARS ANALYSED
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