Sunbather (1) · Deafheaven

381 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 11:43 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
381
LENGTH
11:43
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 97-99, 103 and 105-107, and 22 more places -- 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 · 130 BPM
SUNBATHER (1) · BAR 97
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

48 fills to learn, played 148 times: bars 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 142 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 6-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 14-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 36-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 10 TIMES

44 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

381 bars across 28 sections: 181 keep time, 148 are fills, 17 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 165-171.

PART A
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART CF
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
15 groovesAOAYCFAC+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sunbather (1)?

130 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 Sunbather (1) hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 77 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

381 bars, about 11:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 110 exercises over 30 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 Sunbather (1)?

48 fills to learn, played 148 times: bars 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 142 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 381 BARS ANALYSED
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