Wreath of Brave · Morfonica

145 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:18 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
145
LENGTH
4:18
DIFFICULTY
64/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-11, 13 and 36, and 13 more places -- 15.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
WREATH OF BRAVE · BAR 11
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 69 times: bars 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 24 and 63 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 14-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 24-35 · LANDS ON BAR 36 · PLAYED 12 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

145 bars across 13 sections: 52 keep time, 69 are fills, 6 are stops and 7 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-23.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART C
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesECVAYM+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Wreath of Brave?

135 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 Wreath of Brave hard to play on drums?

64 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 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

145 bars, about 4:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 14 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 Wreath of Brave?

21 fills to learn, played 69 times: bars 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 24 and 63 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 145 BARS ANALYSED
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