Bound To Fail · Accept

124 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 4:55 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
124
LENGTH
4:55
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-21, 23-25 and 27-29, and 4 more places -- 41.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BOUND TO FAIL · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 14, 26, 38, 42, 46, 58 and 5 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

124 bars across 14 sections: 80 keep time, 11 are fills, 17 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 94-124.

PART G
PART G
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART G
PART G
OUTRO
6 groovesIGMS13S2+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Bound To Fail?

100 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Bound To Fail hard to play on drums?

54 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how fine the subdivision is. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

124 bars, about 4:55 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 8 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Bound To Fail?

6 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 14, 26, 38, 42, 46, 58 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 124 BARS ANALYSED
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