Walking In The Shadow · Accept

127 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:13 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPMShuffle / tripletAdvanced
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
127
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 15-17, 20-29 and 53-62, and 1 more place -- 22.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
WALKING IN THE SHADOW · BAR 16
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 7 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 1-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

127 bars across 10 sections: 87 keep time, 13 are fills and 11 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 16-29.

PART I
PART J
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART J
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesMJITFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Walking In The Shadow?

120 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 Walking In The Shadow hard to play on drums?

51 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

127 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Walking In The Shadow?

8 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 127 BARS ANALYSED
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