ten of swords · archive: something

108 bars of 4/4 at 123 BPM, about 3:31 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
108
LENGTH
3:31
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29, 35-37 and 39-41, and 3 more places -- 13.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 123 BPM
TEN OF SWORDS · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 2, 4, 6, 20, 22, 24 and 12 more.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 123 BPM
BARS 26-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

108 bars across 15 sections: 64 keep time, 18 are fills, 8 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-56.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART Q
PART AB
PART AF
PART AJ
PART AN
PART G
OUTRO 2
12 groovesAQGANAB+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is ten of swords?

123 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 ten of swords hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

108 bars, about 3:31 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 19 sittings, about 24 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 ten of swords?

9 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 2, 4, 6, 20, 22, 24 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 108 BARS ANALYSED
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