The Violation · Fleshgod Apocalypse

152 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:21 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalElectronic120 to 149 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
4:21
DIFFICULTY
100/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-8, 53-54 and 61-62, and 5 more places -- 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 · 135 BPM
THE VIOLATION · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

24 fills to learn, played 94 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 88 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 1-3 · LANDS ON BAR 4 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 9-14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 12 TIMES

21 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

152 bars across 19 sections: 41 keep time, 94 are fills and 2 are stops.

PART G
CHORUS
PART AD
PART AB
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART BB
CHORUS 3
PART AB
OUTRO 2
8 groovesSGABMAK+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Violation?

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 Violation hard to play on drums?

100 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 96 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

152 bars, about 4:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 23 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 Violation?

24 fills to learn, played 94 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 88 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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