sin after sin · Misanthrope

128 bars of 4/4 at 133 BPM, about 3:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
133 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
128
LENGTH
3:51
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 9-11 and 22-23, and 11 more places -- 23.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 133 BPM
SIN AFTER SIN · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 4, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 47 more.

LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 133 BPM
BARS 14-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

128 bars across 15 sections: 51 keep time, 53 are fills, 7 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 85-89.

PART D
CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART AB
PART AG
PART AJ
PART AO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesGDAJABAG+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is sin after sin?

133 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 sin after sin hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 77 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

128 bars, about 3:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 18 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 sin after sin?

18 fills to learn, played 53 times: bars 4, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 47 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 128 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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