Sing For Absolution · Muse

94 bars of 4/4 at a walking 86 BPM, 4:22 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
86 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
94
LENGTH
4:22
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 48% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-24 and 34-56 -- 47.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 86 BPM
SING FOR ABSOLUTION · BAR 4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 33, 65, 73, 81, 85 and 89.

LOOP · 86 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 86 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66
LOOP · 86 BPM
BAR 73 · LANDS ON BAR 74 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 86 BPM
BAR 85 · LANDS ON BAR 86

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

94 bars across 10 sections: 75 keep time, 7 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 3-24.

CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART D
PART G
PART I
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBDGIK+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sing For Absolution?

86 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 Sing For Absolution hard to play on drums?

63 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

94 bars, about 4:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 8 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 Sing For Absolution?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 33, 65, 73, 81, 85 and 89.

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