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The IVth Crusade (my version) · Bolt Thrower

EXERCISE 33 OF 47
Groove S -- Part S
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0 / 47 PASSED · 7 BARS LIT · IN THE PART Q, PART S, CHORUS 2
PART B
PART E
PART I
PART E
PART I
CHORUS
PART Q
PART S
CHORUS 2
PART S
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesNIBEQ+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest
GROOVE · 7
FILL · 9
LAND · 9
RUN · 2
JOIN · 8
LINK · 5
SECTION · 6
WHOLE SONG · 1
ABOUT THIS DRUM PART

How to play The IVth Crusade (my version) on drums

174 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet.

TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
174
LENGTH
5:21
DIFFICULTY
66/100

hi-hat through bar 1, ride through bars 2-67, hi-hat through bars 68-73, ride through bars 74-81, hi-hat through bars 82-129 and ride through bars 130-137, and 2 more changes after that.

The beat

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18, 20 and 22, and 31 more places -- 19.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

    18
    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
CC |x---------------|
RD |--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
SD |--------x-------|
BD |x---------------|
The IVth Crusade (my version) -- the groove · x hit · o open hi-hat · g ghost note · r cross-stick · X accent

The fills

9 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 25, 33, 37, 41, 49, 57 and 24 more.

What the course does

It cuts the song into 37 exercises -- the grooves, the fills, and the joins between sections, which is where players actually come off -- and puts them in the order a teacher would. Each one opens on a reduction you can already play and adds the notes back a rung at a time, with a tempo to reach and a gate to pass before the next.

  1. The grooves the song is built on -- E, F -- 4 exercises, about 26 minutes.
  2. The grooves the song is built on -- N -- 3 exercises, about 27 minutes.
  3. Through Part B and Part E -- 5 exercises, about 28 minutes.
  4. Through Part E and Part I -- 4 exercises, about 29 minutes.
  5. Through Part E and Part I -- 8 exercises, about 33 minutes.
  6. Through Part I and the Chorus -- 6 exercises, about 21 minutes.
  7. Through Part Q -- 2 exercises, about 16 minutes.
  8. Through Part Q and Part S -- 3 exercises, about 28 minutes. Open above.
  9. and 2 more sittings after that.
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Questions

What BPM is The IVth Crusade (my version)?

130 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 IVth Crusade (my version) hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 16 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

174 bars, about 5:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 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 IVth Crusade (my version)?

9 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 25, 33, 37, 41, 49, 57 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 174 BARS ANALYSED