Begin The End · Placebo

164 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 5:45 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetal90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
164
LENGTH
5:45
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 100% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-164 -- 100% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 114 BPM
BEGIN THE END · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

164 bars: 164 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-164.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Begin The End?

114 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 Begin The End hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

164 bars, about 5:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 3 exercises over 2 sittings, about 18 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 164 BARS ANALYSED
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