The Last Crusade · Epica

135 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:09 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
135
LENGTH
4:09
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 28-30, 32 and 34-38, and 7 more places -- 18.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THE LAST CRUSADE · BAR 28
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 18, 27, 31, 39, 51, 52 and 10 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

135 bars across 13 sections: 83 keep time, 16 are fills, 7 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 115-127.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART D
CHORUS
PART O
CHORUS 2
PART O
PART B
PART S11
OUTRO
8 groovesFOBJS1+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Last Crusade?

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 Last Crusade hard to play on drums?

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

How long is the drum part?

135 bars, about 4:09 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 13 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 Last Crusade?

9 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 18, 27, 31, 39, 51, 52 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 135 BARS ANALYSED
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