Shadow · Vildhjarta

101 bars, 5:17, at 71 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

ProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
71 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
101
LENGTH
5:17
DIFFICULTY
48/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-7, 12 and 15, and 5 more places -- 11.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 71 BPM
SHADOW · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 24, 25, 51, 56, 58, 60 and 2 more.

LOOP · 71 BPM
BARS 24-25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 51 · LANDS ON BAR 52
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 56 · LANDS ON BAR 57
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

101 bars across 14 sections: 53 keep time, 8 are fills, 13 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-9.

CHORUS
PART I
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART I
PART U
BREAK
PART AC
PART AJ
OUTRO
12 groovesDIUACAI+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Shadow?

71 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Shadow hard to play on drums?

48 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

101 bars, about 5:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Shadow?

6 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 24, 25, 51, 56, 58, 60 and 2 more.

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