Find Out The Hard Way… (Album Version) · Enter Shikari

154 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 4:25 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
154
LENGTH
4:25
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-23, 25-30 and 41-47, and 2 more places -- 19.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
FIND OUT THE HARD WAY… (ALBUM VERSION) · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 16, 64, 69, 79, 80, 87 and 16 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 69 · LANDS ON BAR 70 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 79-80 · LANDS ON BAR 81 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

154 bars across 19 sections: 79 keep time, 22 are fills, 20 are stops and 23 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 42-59.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART C
PART N
PART Q
PART C
PART W
BREAK 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
15 groovesFCQBN+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Find Out The Hard Way… (Album Version)?

140 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 Find Out The Hard Way… (Album Version) hard to play on drums?

43 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

154 bars, about 4:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 14 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Find Out The Hard Way… (Album Version)?

10 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 16, 64, 69, 79, 80, 87 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 154 BARS ANALYSED
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