Sing to the Grave · Chelsea Grin

89 bars of 4/4 at 134 BPM, about 2:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metalcore / HardcoreMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
134 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
89
LENGTH
2:39
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6, 24 and 26, and 5 more places -- 10% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 134 BPM
SING TO THE GRAVE · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 27 more.

LOOP · 134 BPM
BARS 4-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 134 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 134 BPM
BARS 9-11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 134 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

89 bars across 10 sections: 40 keep time, 33 are fills, 2 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-55.

PART F
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART P
BREAK 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesKFAIPAC+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sing to the Grave?

134 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 to the Grave hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

89 bars, about 2:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 11 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 Sing to the Grave?

16 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 27 more.

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