The Grief Trilogy, Stage. 1 ("Till' Death Do Us Part") · Change The Frequency

85 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:50 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
85
LENGTH
2:50
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 62-68 -- 9.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THE GRIEF TRILOGY, STAGE. 1 ("TILL' DEATH DO US PART") · BARS 62-63
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 33, 45, 47 and 4 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 8-10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

85 bars across 16 sections: 39 keep time, 10 are fills, 8 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 62-68.

CHORUS
PART L
PART O
PART R
PART U
BREAK 4
PART Z
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
13 groovesAULOZ+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Grief Trilogy, Stage. 1 ("Till' Death Do Us Part")?

120 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 Grief Trilogy, Stage. 1 ("Till' Death Do Us Part") hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

85 bars, about 2:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 33 exercises over 10 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 Grief Trilogy, Stage. 1 ("Till' Death Do Us Part")?

5 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 33, 45, 47 and 4 more.

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