Cut The Bridge · Linkin Park

140 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 3:44 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalAlternative / Indie150 BPM and upBeginner
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
3:44
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-55, 89-95 and 129-135 -- 16% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
CUT THE BRIDGE · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 8, 24, 39, 40, 64, 79 and 5 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 39-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 112 · LANDS ON BAR 113

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 19 sections: 100 keep time, 11 are fills, 1 is a stop and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 123-135.

PART B
PART L
CHORUS
PART J
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART R
PART T
OUTRO
13 groovesPBLDJ+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Cut The Bridge?

150 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 Cut The Bridge hard to play on drums?

58 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 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 3:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Cut The Bridge?

7 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 8, 24, 39, 40, 64, 79 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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