The Darkest Crime · Arkangel

54 bars of 4/4 at a walking 106 BPM, 2:06 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Metalcore / Hardcore90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
106 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
54
LENGTH
2:06
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-13 and 42-45 -- 21.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 106 BPM
THE DARKEST CRIME · BAR 7
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 6, 14, 17, 21, 24, 29 and 5 more.

LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 106 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

54 bars across 8 sections: 33 keep time, 11 are fills, 1 is a stop and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 47-53.

PART B
CHORUS
PART H
PART K
PART N
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
7 groovesDNKVB+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Darkest Crime?

106 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 Darkest Crime hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 65 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

54 bars, about 2:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 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 Darkest Crime?

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 6, 14, 17, 21, 24, 29 and 5 more.

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