Wither Rose · Return to Glory

140 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
4:36
DIFFICULTY
86/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31-33, 37-39 and 41-43, and 1 more place -- 9% 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
WITHER ROSE · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 30 and 29 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 13-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 19 sections: 75 keep time, 35 are fills, 7 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 36-43.

PART C
PART P
CHORUS 2
PART W
PART S12
PART AL
PART R
PART A
13 groovesIALRAW+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Wither Rose?

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 Wither Rose hard to play on drums?

86 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 53 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 4:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 63 exercises over 20 sittings, about 26 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 Wither Rose?

17 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 30 and 29 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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