Veil of Maya (correct Drums) · Portal (Cynic)

171 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:17 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
171
LENGTH
5:17
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26, 28 and 30-32, and 7 more places -- 8.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
VEIL OF MAYA (CORRECT DRUMS) · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

26 fills to learn, played 108 times: bars 1, 4, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 102 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 8-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

22 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

171 bars across 20 sections: 43 keep time, 108 are fills, 5 are stops and 4 are silent.

CHORUS
PART AK
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART AK
PART N
OUTRO 2
12 groovesRAKMHN+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Veil of Maya (correct Drums)?

130 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 Veil of Maya (correct Drums) hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

171 bars, about 5:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 64 exercises over 20 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Veil of Maya (correct Drums)?

26 fills to learn, played 108 times: bars 1, 4, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 102 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 171 BARS ANALYSED
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