Viking Death March · Billy Talent

146 bars of 4/4 at 147 BPM, about 3:58 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PunkAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
147 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
146
LENGTH
3:58
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 54% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13-15 and 17-23, and 13 more places -- 54.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 147 BPM
VIKING DEATH MARCH · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 35, 65, 66, 67, 68, 80 and 5 more.

LOOP · 147 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36
LOOP · 147 BPM
BARS 65-68 · LANDS ON BAR 69 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 147 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81
LOOP · 147 BPM
BAR 88 · LANDS ON BAR 89

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

146 bars across 15 sections: 107 keep time, 11 are fills, 4 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 40-64.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART N
CHORUS 4
PART T
PART B
CHORUS 5
10 groovesDBNTS1+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Viking Death March?

147 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 Viking Death March hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

146 bars, about 3:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 11 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Viking Death March?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 35, 65, 66, 67, 68, 80 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 146 BARS ANALYSED
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