Snakes For The Divine · High On Fire

286 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 8:56 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
286
LENGTH
8:56
DIFFICULTY
90/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 215-221, 223-229 and 247-253, and 1 more place -- 10.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 128 BPM
SNAKES FOR THE DIVINE · BAR 215
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 29, 30, 32, 36, 37, 38 and 5 more.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BARS 29-30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 128 BPM
BARS 36-38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

286 bars across 20 sections: 232 keep time, 11 are fills and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 180-210.

PART B
PART E
PART W
PART AL
PART AN
PART BH
PART BK
PART BQ
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
19 groovesCEBQBKEAN+14Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Snakes For The Divine?

128 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 Snakes For The Divine hard to play on drums?

90 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

286 bars, about 8:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 87 exercises over 34 sittings, about 25 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 Snakes For The Divine?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 29, 30, 32, 36, 37, 38 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 286 BARS ANALYSED
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