Theme For Jester · Antares

110 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:38 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
110
LENGTH
3:38
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7, 10 and 13, and 9 more places -- 15.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
THEME FOR JESTER · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 4, 5, 8, 11, 24, 32 and 5 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 4-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

110 bars across 16 sections: 71 keep time, 11 are fills, 14 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 47-63.

CHORUS
PART D
PART Q
PART R
PART U
PART AA
PART AC
15 groovesERAAQU+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Theme For Jester?

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 Jester hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

110 bars, about 3:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 43 exercises over 13 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 Theme For Jester?

7 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 4, 5, 8, 11, 24, 32 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 110 BARS ANALYSED
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