Throw Yourself to the Sword · Die Spitz

153 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 174 BPM, 2:38 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and upShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
174 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
2:38
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-23, 25-31 and 97-103, and 1 more place -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 174 BPM
THROW YOURSELF TO THE SWORD · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 15, 16, 24, 32, 36, 44 and 9 more.

LOOP · 174 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 174 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 174 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 174 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 9 sections: 43 keep time, 15 are fills, 81 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-31.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART E
PART G
CHORUS
PART G
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesJEGBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Throw Yourself to the Sword?

174 BPM, in 3/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. At that speed the sixteenth notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Throw Yourself to the Sword hard to play on drums?

34 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 2:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 5 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Throw Yourself to the Sword?

7 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 15, 16, 24, 32, 36, 44 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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