The Curse Of The Firstborn · Congelatio

193 bars of 4/4 at 124 BPM, about 6:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
124 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
193
LENGTH
6:14
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 31-33, 35-37 and 45-47, and 7 more places -- 15.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 124 BPM
THE CURSE OF THE FIRSTBORN · BARS 31-32
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

19 fills to learn, played 65 times: bars 8, 12, 15, 19, 20, 23 and 59 more.

LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 124 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

193 bars across 24 sections: 86 keep time, 65 are fills, 19 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 61-67.

PART E
PART AG
PART AG
CHORUS 6
OUTRO 2
9 groovesWSAGEAC+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Curse Of The Firstborn?

124 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 Curse Of The Firstborn hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 74 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

193 bars, about 6:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 16 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 Curse Of The Firstborn?

19 fills to learn, played 65 times: bars 8, 12, 15, 19, 20, 23 and 59 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 193 BARS ANALYSED
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