Watcher In The Sky · Ghost

155 bars of 4/4 at 118 BPM, about 5:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalProgressive90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
118 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
155
LENGTH
5:14
DIFFICULTY
65/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 42% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 36-37, 40-41 and 44-49, and 6 more places -- 41.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 118 BPM
WATCHER IN THE SKY · BARS 44-45
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 11, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23 and 16 more.

LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12
LOOP · 118 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16
LOOP · 118 BPM
BARS 18-19 · LANDS ON BAR 20 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 118 BPM
BARS 22-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

155 bars across 10 sections: 82 keep time, 22 are fills, 32 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-34.

PART B
PART G
CHORUS
PART P
PART G
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesIGBPAL+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Watcher In The Sky?

118 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 Watcher In The Sky hard to play on drums?

65 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

155 bars, about 5:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 13 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Watcher In The Sky?

13 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 11, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 155 BARS ANALYSED
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