Shadows in Time · Ingested

130 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 3:43 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
3:43
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 9-11, 13-15 and 45-47 -- 7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
SHADOWS IN TIME · BARS 9-10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14 and 30 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 9 sections: 39 keep time, 36 are fills, 47 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 51-60.

PART F
PART F
CHORUS
PART AD
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesJADFALE+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Shadows in Time?

140 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 Shadows in Time hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 85 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 3:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 13 sittings, about 29 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 Shadows in Time?

18 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14 and 30 more.

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