The Dawn is Hollow · Ulcerate

268 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 7:19 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
268
LENGTH
7:19
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-30, 37 and 41, and 6 more places -- 12.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
THE DAWN IS HOLLOW · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

27 fills to learn, played 62 times: bars 9, 31, 32, 33, 40, 45 and 56 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 31-33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 45-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 4 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 23 sections: 133 keep time, 64 are fills, 30 are stops and 21 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 11-30.

PART F
PART J
PART V
PART AA
PART AK
PART AW
PART BC
CHORUS
20 groovesBYFAWJAA+15Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Dawn is Hollow?

138 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 Dawn is Hollow hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

268 bars, about 7:19 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 89 exercises over 27 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Dawn is Hollow?

27 fills to learn, played 62 times: bars 9, 31, 32, 33, 40, 45 and 56 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 268 BARS ANALYSED
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