Shadows Of Death · Aura Noir

170 bars of 4/4 at a walking 87 BPM, 7:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
87 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
170
LENGTH
7:48
DIFFICULTY
84/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 59, 61 and 63, and 11 more places -- 13.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 87 BPM
SHADOWS OF DEATH · BAR 59
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 4, 5, 17, 19, 21, 23 and 18 more.

LOOP · 87 BPM
BARS 4-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 87 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

170 bars across 14 sections: 115 keep time, 24 are fills and 10 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 59-73.

CHORUS
PART Z
PART V
PART Z
PART AI
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesKZAIVA+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Shadows Of Death?

87 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 Of Death hard to play on drums?

84 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

170 bars, about 7:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 63 exercises over 21 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 Shadows Of Death?

15 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 4, 5, 17, 19, 21, 23 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 170 BARS ANALYSED
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