Yomi Yori Kikoyu, Kokoku no Tou to Honoo no Shoujo · Imperial Circus Dead Decadence

447 bars at 220 BPM -- fast, and 8:07 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metal150 BPM and upAdvanced
TEMPO
220 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
447
LENGTH
8:07
DIFFICULTY
94/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 53-56, 61-67 and 85-91, and 6 more places -- 10.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 220 BPM
YOMI YORI KIKOYU, KOKOKU NO TOU TO HONOO NO SHOUJO · BAR 54
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

36 fills to learn, played 114 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 108 more.

LOOP · 220 BPM
BARS 1-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 220 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 220 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 220 BPM
BARS 23-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

32 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

447 bars across 40 sections: 197 keep time, 117 are fills, 59 are stops and 37 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 356-363.

CHORUS
PART BK
24 groovesAFBKRPAW+19Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Yomi Yori Kikoyu, Kokoku no Tou to Honoo no Shoujo?

220 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Yomi Yori Kikoyu, Kokoku no Tou to Honoo no Shoujo hard to play on drums?

94 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 85 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

447 bars, about 8:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 131 exercises over 40 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 Yomi Yori Kikoyu, Kokoku no Tou to Honoo no Shoujo?

36 fills to learn, played 114 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 108 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 447 BARS ANALYSED
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