Upon desolate sands (Correct version) · Hate Eternal

134 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 4:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
134
LENGTH
4:51
DIFFICULTY
87/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 36-40, 42-44 and 48, and 6 more places -- 21.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
UPON DESOLATE SANDS (CORRECT VERSION) · BAR 36
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11 and 32 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 2-5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 18-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

134 bars across 10 sections: 82 keep time, 38 are fills, 2 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 105-116.

PART D
CHORUS
PART M
PART AI
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesSMDEAI+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Upon desolate sands (Correct version)?

110 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 Upon desolate sands (Correct version) hard to play on drums?

87 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 91 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

134 bars, about 4:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 50 exercises over 18 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 Upon desolate sands (Correct version)?

21 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11 and 32 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 134 BARS ANALYSED
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