Theme For Capricornir · Antares

166 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 6:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

ProgressiveMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
166
LENGTH
6:10
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-18, 20-22 and 89-92, and 1 more place -- 15.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THEME FOR CAPRICORNIR · BAR 15
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 5, 9, 80, 81, 82, 86 and 4 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 80-82 · LANDS ON BAR 83 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 86-88 · LANDS ON BAR 89 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

166 bars across 14 sections: 58 keep time, 10 are fills, 12 are stops and 77 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 16-23.

CHORUS
BREAK 2
PART L
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
BREAK 4
13 groovesS14S5GLAD+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Theme For Capricornir?

120 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 Theme For Capricornir hard to play on drums?

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

166 bars, about 6:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 15 sittings, about 24 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 Theme For Capricornir?

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 5, 9, 80, 81, 82, 86 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 166 BARS ANALYSED
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