DRAG ME UNDER · Blessthefall

103 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 3:12 of playing, on crash, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
103
LENGTH
3:12
DIFFICULTY
67/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-5, 8-9 and 11, and 7 more places -- 17.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 128 BPM
DRAG ME UNDER · BAR 3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 6, 10, 28, 29, 34, 38 and 21 more.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11
LOOP · 128 BPM
BARS 28-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

103 bars across 12 sections: 53 keep time, 27 are fills, 2 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 11-18.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART U
PART K
PART AJ
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
7 groovesBKULAJ+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is DRAG ME UNDER?

128 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 DRAG ME UNDER hard to play on drums?

67 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

103 bars, about 3:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 12 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, high tom, 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 DRAG ME UNDER?

17 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 6, 10, 28, 29, 34, 38 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 103 BARS ANALYSED
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