Faint (C# std bass line) · LINKIN PARK

90 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 2:39 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
90
LENGTH
2:39
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 57% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-16, 30-37 and 52-59, and 5 more places -- 57.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 135 BPM
FAINT (C# STD BASS LINE) · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 17, 25, 29, 38, 42, 46 and 4 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

90 bars across 9 sections: 62 keep time, 10 are fills and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 52-59.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART E
CHORUS 3
BREAK 2
OUTRO
5 groovesCES1S8S6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Faint (C# std bass line)?

135 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 Faint (C# std bass line) 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 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

90 bars, about 2:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 5 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high 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 Faint (C# std bass line)?

3 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 17, 25, 29, 38, 42, 46 and 4 more.

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