A Decade Under The Influence but its actually correct · Taking Back Sunday

150 bars at 156 BPM -- fast, and 3:51 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / Indie150 BPM and upBeginner
TEMPO
156 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
150
LENGTH
3:51
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-23 and 37-51 -- 21.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 156 BPM
A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE BUT ITS ACTUALLY CORRECT · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 24, 52, 60, 65, 66, 67 and 11 more.

LOOP · 156 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 156 BPM
BAR 60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 156 BPM
BARS 65-68 · LANDS ON BAR 69 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 156 BPM
BARS 74-75 · LANDS ON BAR 76 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

150 bars across 13 sections: 98 keep time, 17 are fills, 15 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 90-119.

CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART H
PART T
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesCTHBW+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is A Decade Under The Influence but its actually correct?

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

Is A Decade Under The Influence but its actually correct hard to play on drums?

55 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 25 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

150 bars, about 3:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 11 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 A Decade Under The Influence but its actually correct?

7 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 24, 52, 60, 65, 66, 67 and 11 more.

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