Currents Convulsive · Pierce The Veil

94 bars of 4/4 at a walking 105 BPM, 3:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PunkAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
105 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
94
LENGTH
3:34
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 16, 49 and 59, and 3 more places -- 6.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 105 BPM
CURRENTS CONVULSIVE · BAR 59
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 35 more.

LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 3-7 · LANDS ON BAR 8 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 10-15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 17-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 105 BPM
BARS 23-24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

94 bars across 11 sections: 32 keep time, 41 are fills, 8 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 84-90.

PART A
PART N
CHORUS
PART R
PART A
PART N
PART AZ
OUTRO
9 groovesWANAZBD+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Currents Convulsive?

105 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 Currents Convulsive hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 76 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

94 bars, about 3:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 11 sittings, about 27 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 Currents Convulsive?

12 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 35 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 94 BARS ANALYSED
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