The fragrance of fallen flowers · Whispering Death

103 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 3:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
103
LENGTH
3:12
DIFFICULTY
87/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-33, 35-37 and 74-76, and 1 more place -- 11.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
THE FRAGRANCE OF FALLEN FLOWERS · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 25 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 1-3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 5-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

106 bars across 12 sections: 55 keep time, 31 are fills, 7 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 59-72.

CHORUS
PART J
PART S
PART Y
PART AH
PART S
PART S10
OUTRO 2
11 groovesGAHSYJ+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The fragrance of fallen flowers?

125 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 fragrance of fallen flowers hard to play on drums?

87 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 82 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

103 bars, about 3:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 17 sittings, about 24 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 fragrance of fallen flowers?

13 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 103 BARS ANALYSED
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