Sleeping Sun · Nightwish

108 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 3:56 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
3:56
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 12-28 -- 17.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
SLEEPING SUN · BARS 12-13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 29, 44, 62, 84, 92 and 100.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 62 · LANDS ON BAR 63 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 8 sections: 71 keep time, 6 are fills, 11 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 46-58.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART F
PART H
PART J
PART M
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesBQHJM+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sleeping Sun?

110 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 Sleeping Sun hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 10 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 3:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 7 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 Sleeping Sun?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 29, 44, 62, 84, 92 and 100.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 108 BARS ANALYSED
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