Siberian Divide · Mastodon

125 bars of 4/4 at a walking 85 BPM, 5:15 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveMetalUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
125
LENGTH
5:15
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5, 7 and 9, and 8 more places -- 10.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 85 BPM
SIBERIAN DIVIDE · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 80 times: bars 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13 and 74 more.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BARS 3-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

125 bars across 11 sections: 31 keep time, 80 are fills, 3 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 31-34.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART AI
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesDBSAIBLL+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Siberian Divide?

85 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 Siberian Divide hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

125 bars, about 5:15 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 15 sittings, about 28 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 Siberian Divide?

20 fills to learn, played 80 times: bars 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13 and 74 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 125 BARS ANALYSED
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