The Aftermath · Demoncore

85 bars of 4/4 at 117 BPM, about 2:53 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
117 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
85
LENGTH
2:53
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 45% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-44, 48-53 and 60-77 -- 45.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 117 BPM
THE AFTERMATH · BAR 33
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 19 and 12 more.

LOOP · 117 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 117 BPM
BARS 4-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 117 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

87 bars across 6 sections: 61 keep time, 18 are fills, 3 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 60-77.

PART A
PART E
PART S3
CHORUS
OUTRO
6 groovesXEAGS3A+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Aftermath?

117 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 The Aftermath hard to play on drums?

100 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 85 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

85 bars, about 2:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in The Aftermath?

7 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 19 and 12 more.

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