Winter Sun · Worm Shepherd

241 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 7:25 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
241
LENGTH
7:25
DIFFICULTY
93/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 25-27, 29-30 and 33-40, and 4 more places -- 13.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
WINTER SUN · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 11, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23 and 16 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 22-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

241 bars across 20 sections: 113 keep time, 22 are fills, 70 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 145-160.

PART O
PART J
PART O
PART AH
PART S16
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
14 groovesQOJGAH+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Winter Sun?

130 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 Winter Sun hard to play on drums?

93 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 100 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

241 bars, about 7:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 18 sittings, about 27 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 Winter Sun?

14 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 11, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 241 BARS ANALYSED
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