The Heretic Prevails (Tab) · Shadow Of Intent

166 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
166
LENGTH
4:45
DIFFICULTY
84/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 33-35, 37-39 and 41-43, and 10 more places -- 21.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
THE HERETIC PREVAILS (TAB) · BAR 33
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 16, 20, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 20 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

166 bars across 21 sections: 95 keep time, 26 are fills, 10 are stops and 14 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 73-87.

PART B
PART D
PART H
PART U
CHORUS 2
PART AI
15 groovesMBHAIU+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Heretic Prevails (Tab)?

140 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 Heretic Prevails (Tab) hard to play on drums?

84 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

166 bars, about 4:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 74 exercises over 24 sittings, about 24 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 Heretic Prevails (Tab)?

18 fills to learn, played 26 times: bars 16, 20, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 20 more.

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