Forever After · Devoted Salvation

160 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 5:43 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
160
LENGTH
5:43
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 118-123, 128-131 and 141, and 1 more place -- 22.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 110 BPM
FOREVER AFTER · BAR 118
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 5, 16, 27, 115, 116, 117 and 9 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 115-117 · LANDS ON BAR 118 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 124-127 · LANDS ON BAR 128 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 132 · LANDS ON BAR 133

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

167 bars across 19 sections: 100 keep time, 15 are fills, 4 are stops and 27 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 143-163.

CHORUS 4
CHORUS 5
BREAK
PART V
PART AA
OUTRO
10 groovesDAAS13VB+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Forever After?

110 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 Forever After hard to play on drums?

42 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

160 bars, about 5:43 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 40 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, 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 Forever After?

6 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 5, 16, 27, 115, 116, 117 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 160 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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