The Call Of Ktulu · Metallica

268 bars of 4/4 at 139 BPM, about 7:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

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TEMPO
139 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
268
LENGTH
7:45
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21, 23 and 25, and 43 more places -- 18.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 139 BPM
THE CALL OF KTULU · BAR 23
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

27 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 19, 20, 24, 26, 28, 32 and 35 more.

LOOP · 139 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 139 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 139 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 139 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

23 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

268 bars across 19 sections: 183 keep time, 41 are fills, 10 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 210-236.

PART A
CHORUS
PART AD
CHORUS 2
PART BE
PART BG
PART A
16 groovesFAADBGBE+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Call Of Ktulu?

139 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 Call Of Ktulu hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

268 bars, about 7:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 76 exercises over 24 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 Call Of Ktulu?

27 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 19, 20, 24, 26, 28, 32 and 35 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 268 BARS ANALYSED
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