Another Brick In The Wall (Parts I-II-III) · Pink Floyd

240 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 9:35 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
240
LENGTH
9:35
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 114-116, 126-139 and 141-153, and 6 more places -- 40.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 100 BPM
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PARTS I-II-III) · BAR 114
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 123, 225 and 237.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 123 · LANDS ON BAR 124
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 225 · LANDS ON BAR 226
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 237 · LANDS ON BAR 238
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

240 bars across 8 sections: 120 keep time, 3 are fills, 19 are stops and 88 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 141-210.

CHORUS
PART F
PART H
PART G
5 groovesHS1GFAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Another Brick In The Wall (Parts I-II-III)?

100 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 Another Brick In The Wall (Parts I-II-III) hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 29 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

240 bars, about 9:35 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 7 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Another Brick In The Wall (Parts I-II-III)?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 123, 225 and 237.

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