Versus · Heaven Pierce Her

116 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:52 of playing, on ride, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
116
LENGTH
3:52
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-20, 37 and 39, and 9 more places -- 35.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
VERSUS · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

116 bars across 13 sections: 100 keep time and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 38-52.

PART B
CHORUS
PART B
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART F
PART B
CHORUS 3
PART B
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCBDFS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Versus?

120 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 Versus hard to play on drums?

40 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how many notes a second it asks for the part that decides it. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

116 bars, about 3:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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