The Death of Spirituality · Infection of the Dying

152 bars of 4/4 at 124 BPM, about 4:53 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
124 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
4:53
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33-35, 37-38 and 45-46, and 7 more places -- 15.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 124 BPM
THE DEATH OF SPIRITUALITY · BAR 33
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 7, 8, 16, 22, 44, 59 and 10 more.

LOOP · 124 BPM
BARS 7-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 23 sections: 87 keep time, 16 are fills, 14 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 32-39.

PART A
PART F
CHORUS
PART A
PART F
CHORUS 3
PART AI
PART Y
CHORUS 5
10 groovesNFAYR+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Death of Spirituality?

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 Death of Spirituality hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

152 bars, about 4:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 18 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 Death of Spirituality?

10 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 7, 8, 16, 22, 44, 59 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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