When legends rise · Godsmack

82 bars of 4/4 at 124 BPM, about 2:39 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
124 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
82
LENGTH
2:39
DIFFICULTY
56/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-21, 23-25 and 35-37, and 2 more places -- 19.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 124 BPM
WHEN LEGENDS RISE · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 5, 6, 18, 22, 34, 38 and 5 more.

LOOP · 124 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 124 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

82 bars across 14 sections: 30 keep time, 11 are fills, 24 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 52-57.

PART B
PART C
CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART P
OUTRO
10 groovesIEGPB+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is When legends rise?

124 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 When legends rise hard to play on drums?

56 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 37 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

82 bars, about 2:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 When legends rise?

8 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 5, 6, 18, 22, 34, 38 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 82 BARS ANALYSED
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