The Blood full · Signs Of The Swarm

153 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
4:21
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 43, 45 and 47, and 10 more places -- 9.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
THE BLOOD FULL · BAR 43
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 34, 60, 64, 66, 68, 74 and 19 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 14 sections: 82 keep time, 25 are fills, 17 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 40-51.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART Q
PART S
PART X
PART G
PART N
OUTRO
13 groovesFAQGSN+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Blood full?

140 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 Blood full hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 75 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 4:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 60 exercises over 21 sittings, about 25 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 The Blood full?

16 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 34, 60, 64, 66, 68, 74 and 19 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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