Year Zero · Ghost

147 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 4:49 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
147
LENGTH
4:49
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 25% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21-23 and 25-27, and 9 more places -- 24.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 122 BPM
YEAR ZERO · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 16, 43, 44, 45, 52, 81 and 7 more.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 43-45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

147 bars across 10 sections: 114 keep time, 14 are fills, 2 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 58-80.

COUNT-IN
PART B
VERSE
PART H
VERSE 2
PART H
PART P
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesDSHPB+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Year Zero?

122 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 Year Zero hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

147 bars, about 4:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Year Zero?

7 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 16, 43, 44, 45, 52, 81 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 147 BARS ANALYSED
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