The Dying Star · Funeral North

116 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 4:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
116
LENGTH
4:36
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-23 and 25-31 -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
THE DYING STAR · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 8, 24, 32, 44, 45, 47 and 6 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 13 sections: 89 keep time, 12 are fills, 2 are stops and 20 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 48-66.

PART A
PART C
PART F
CHORUS
PART N
PART P
PART S
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
13 groovesJCSS13F+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Dying Star?

100 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 Dying Star hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

116 bars, about 4:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 14 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 Dying Star?

9 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 8, 24, 32, 44, 45, 47 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 116 BARS ANALYSED
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