Blank Space · I Prevail

96 bars of 4/4 at a walking 97 BPM, 3:58 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PunkMetalcore / Hardcore90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
97 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
96
LENGTH
3:58
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 27-31, 33 and 60-64, and 3 more places -- 19.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 97 BPM
BLANK SPACE · BARS 27-28
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 22, 26, 32, 34, 55, 59 and 8 more.

LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 97 BPM
BAR 71 · LANDS ON BAR 72

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

96 bars across 14 sections: 63 keep time, 14 are fills, 3 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-10.

PART A
PART B
PART D
CHORUS
PART B
PART K
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART O
OUTRO 2
9 groovesFDBAO+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Blank Space?

97 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 Blank Space hard to play on drums?

52 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 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

96 bars, about 3:58 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 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 Blank Space?

5 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 22, 26, 32, 34, 55, 59 and 8 more.

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