Endless, Nameless (Live At Paramount Theatre) · Nirvana

159 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
159
LENGTH
4:14
DIFFICULTY
50/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 58-66, 80-83 and 85, and 4 more places -- 21.3% 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
ENDLESS, NAMELESS (LIVE AT PARAMOUNT THEATRE) · BAR 58
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 26, 30, 38, 42, 50, 53 and 9 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

159 bars across 18 sections: 109 keep time, 15 are fills, 12 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-22.

PART B
PART C
PART G
PART C
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART J
PART S
CHORUS 4
PART G
12 groovesMBCGS+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Endless, Nameless (Live At Paramount Theatre)?

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 Endless, Nameless (Live At Paramount Theatre) hard to play on drums?

50 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 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

159 bars, about 4:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 13 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Endless, Nameless (Live At Paramount Theatre)?

9 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 26, 30, 38, 42, 50, 53 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 159 BARS ANALYSED
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