Symbolic · Death

276 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 9:35 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalProgressive90 to 119 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
276
LENGTH
9:35
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-39, 41-43 and 45-47, and 6 more places -- 13% 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
SYMBOLIC · BAR 38
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

26 fills to learn, played 76 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 and 70 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 4-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 10-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

22 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

276 bars across 19 sections: 172 keep time, 76 are fills and 10 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 244-260.

PART G
CHORUS
PART X
PART AD
PART AG
PART AH
PART G
CHORUS 3
PART X
PART AD
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesOGAGADX+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Symbolic?

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 Symbolic hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

276 bars, about 9:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 73 exercises over 20 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 Symbolic?

26 fills to learn, played 76 times: bars 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 and 70 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 276 BARS ANALYSED
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