Closer To The Edge · 30 Seconds to Mars

73 bars, 4:10, at 70 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot and nothing else.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
70 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
73
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
72/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-19, 22-23 and 38-39, and 7 more places -- 22.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 70 BPM
CLOSER TO THE EDGE · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 12, 16, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 8 more.

LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 70 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 70 BPM
BARS 24-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 70 BPM
BARS 34-36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

73 bars across 10 sections: 47 keep time, 14 are fills and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 46-56.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART D
CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART P
OUTRO
8 groovesGLPBD+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Closer To The Edge?

70 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Closer To The Edge hard to play on drums?

72 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 59 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

73 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 10 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, 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 Closer To The Edge?

6 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 12, 16, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 8 more.

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