Awkward Last Words · Armor For Sleep

152 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:41 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePunk120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
4:41
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 38-39, 42-44 and 46-47, and 12 more places -- 23.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 130 BPM
AWKWARD LAST WORDS · BAR 39
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 33, 37, 41, 45, 62, 69 and 18 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

152 bars across 17 sections: 81 keep time, 24 are fills, 29 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-32.

PART B
PART G
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART P
PART N
PART Y
PART AC
PART AD
PART F
OUTRO
12 groovesOGNBY+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Awkward Last Words?

130 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 Awkward Last Words hard to play on drums?

41 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 23 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

152 bars, about 4:41 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 13 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Awkward Last Words?

12 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 33, 37, 41, 45, 62, 69 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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