South of Heaven D Standard · Slayer

140 bars of 4/4 at a walking 107 BPM, 5:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
107 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
5:14
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-54, 73-78 and 86, and 5 more places -- 17.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 107 BPM
SOUTH OF HEAVEN D STANDARD · BAR 50
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

23 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 32 and 28 more.

LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 107 BPM
BARS 20-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 107 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33

19 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 19 sections: 63 keep time, 34 are fills, 5 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-55.

COUNT-IN
PART S2
PART M
CHORUS
PART X
CHORUS 2
PART X
PART AJ
PART AM
OUTRO 2
10 groovesUAMXS1M+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is South of Heaven D Standard?

107 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 South of Heaven D Standard hard to play on drums?

60 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 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 5:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 65 exercises over 18 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 South of Heaven D Standard?

23 fills to learn, played 34 times: bars 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 32 and 28 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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