Arcarsenal · At The Drive-In

93 bars of 4/4 at 129 BPM, about 2:53 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePunk120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
129 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
93
LENGTH
2:53
DIFFICULTY
61/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 27-29, 31-34 and 40-41, and 6 more places -- 22.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 129 BPM
ARCARSENAL · BAR 27
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 26, 30, 38, 39, 42, 50 and 4 more.

LOOP · 129 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 129 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 129 BPM
BARS 38-39 · LANDS ON BAR 40 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 129 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

93 bars across 8 sections: 75 keep time, 10 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-20.

PART A
PART F
PART F
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesDAMFFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Arcarsenal?

129 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 Arcarsenal hard to play on drums?

61 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 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

93 bars, about 2:53 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 8 sittings, about 24 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 Arcarsenal?

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 26, 30, 38, 39, 42, 50 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 93 BARS ANALYSED
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