Serpents In Paradise · Avantasia

141 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 5:38 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalProgressive90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
141
LENGTH
5:38
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-6, 8-10 and 30-32, and 10 more places -- 38.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 100 BPM
SERPENTS IN PARADISE · BAR 4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 12 and 17 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 1-3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 11-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

141 bars across 10 sections: 103 keep time, 23 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 74-91.

CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART H
CHORUS 3
PART S
OUTRO 2
5 groovesDSHJWFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Serpents In Paradise?

100 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 Serpents In Paradise hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

141 bars, about 5:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 32 exercises over 13 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Serpents In Paradise?

8 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 12 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 141 BARS ANALYSED
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