Vertigo · Deafheaven

555 bars of 4/4 at 123 BPM, about 18:03 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
123 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
555
LENGTH
18:03
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 155-157, 159 and 167-169, and 4 more places -- 15.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 123 BPM
VERTIGO · BAR 156
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

38 fills to learn, played 82 times: bars 4, 16, 20, 28, 36, 64 and 76 more.

LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 123 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29

34 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

555 bars across 30 sections: 309 keep time, 82 are fills, 94 are stops and 40 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 189-248.

PART P
CHORUS 2
PART AT
PART S26
PART BL
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
26 groovesAHABLATP+21Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Vertigo?

123 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 Vertigo hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 86 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

555 bars, about 18:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 127 exercises over 38 sittings, about 27 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 Vertigo?

38 fills to learn, played 82 times: bars 4, 16, 20, 28, 36, 64 and 76 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 555 BARS ANALYSED
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