The Offering · Sleep Token

196 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 5:48 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieFunk / Soul120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
196
LENGTH
5:48
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17, 19 and 25, and 20 more places -- 17% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
THE OFFERING · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 16, 21, 29, 31, 32, 65 and 23 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 31-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

196 bars across 18 sections: 88 keep time, 29 are fills, 3 are stops and 61 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 126-140.

COUNT-IN
PART F
PART S4
CHORUS
PART S7
PART Y
PART AB
PART C
PART AJ
CHORUS 3
12 groovesDS4CFS7+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Offering?

135 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 Offering hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

196 bars, about 5:48 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 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, 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 Offering?

17 fills to learn, played 29 times: bars 16, 21, 29, 31, 32, 65 and 23 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 196 BARS ANALYSED
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