The Mourning Star · Synestia

162 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:28 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
162
LENGTH
4:28
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 10% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-29, 45-46 and 48, and 3 more places -- 9.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
THE MOURNING STAR · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 5, 6, 9, 13, 16, 17 and 18 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

162 bars across 23 sections: 61 keep time, 24 are fills, 26 are stops and 30 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 143-148.

PART B
PART E
CHORUS
PART AB
PART S13
CHORUS 2
PART S16
16 groovesQES16BN+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Mourning Star?

145 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 Mourning Star hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 60 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

162 bars, about 4:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 60 exercises over 18 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 Mourning Star?

16 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 5, 6, 9, 13, 16, 17 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 162 BARS ANALYSED
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