Snowbloodd · Erra

138 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:12 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
138
LENGTH
4:12
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 27-29, 31-33 and 35-36, and 4 more places -- 14.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
SNOWBLOODD · BARS 27-28
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 18, 22, 30, 34, 42, 50 and 22 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

138 bars across 14 sections: 79 keep time, 28 are fills, 11 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-12.

PART C
PART J
CHORUS
PART W
CHORUS 2
PART AH
PART AP
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesOWAPDC+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Snowbloodd?

125 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 Snowbloodd hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

138 bars, about 4:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 18 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Snowbloodd?

15 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 18, 22, 30, 34, 42, 50 and 22 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 138 BARS ANALYSED
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