The March Of The Black Queen · Queen

162 bars, 8:56, at 71 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

RockProgressiveUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
71 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
162
LENGTH
8:56
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 119, 121-125 and 129-136 -- 10.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 71 BPM
THE MARCH OF THE BLACK QUEEN · BAR 119
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 13, 22, 30, 32, 35, 36 and 14 more.

LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

162 bars across 18 sections: 80 keep time, 20 are fills, 19 are stops and 29 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 121-136.

PART A
CHORUS
PART AD
BREAK
PART AJ
PART AO
PART AQ
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
16 groovesAQLAS11AO+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The March Of The Black Queen?

71 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is The March Of The Black Queen hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

162 bars, about 8:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 18 sittings, about 25 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 March Of The Black Queen?

12 fills to learn, played 20 times: bars 13, 22, 30, 32, 35, 36 and 14 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 162 BARS ANALYSED
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