The Witching Hour (Complete) · Symphony X

141 bars of 4/4 at 137 BPM, about 4:04 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
137 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
141
LENGTH
4:04
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-28, 32-34 and 39-41, and 3 more places -- 12.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 137 BPM
THE WITCHING HOUR (COMPLETE) · BAR 27
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 4, 8, 11, 14, 15, 25 and 37 more.

LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 137 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 137 BPM
BARS 14-15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

141 bars across 15 sections: 72 keep time, 43 are fills and 9 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 77-83.

PART E
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART AA
PART AC
PART J
PART AE
OUTRO 2
10 groovesPVAAEM+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Witching Hour (Complete)?

137 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Witching Hour (Complete) hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 78 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

141 bars, about 4:04 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 20 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 Witching Hour (Complete)?

17 fills to learn, played 43 times: bars 4, 8, 11, 14, 15, 25 and 37 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 141 BARS ANALYSED
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