Forever Bloom (feat. Trevor Strnad) · Chealsea Grin

140 bars of 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 5:05 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
110 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
5:05
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-28 -- 11.9% 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 BLOOM (FEAT. TREVOR STRNAD) · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 6, 9, 32, 33, 34, 38 and 29 more.

LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 110 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 32-34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 110 BPM
BARS 38-42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 13 sections: 50 keep time, 35 are fills, 37 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 13-28.

PART H
CHORUS
PART A
PART AE
CHORUS 2
PART AY
PART BE
OUTRO
12 groovesNAEHABF+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Forever Bloom (feat. Trevor Strnad)?

110 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 Forever Bloom (feat. Trevor Strnad) hard to play on drums?

55 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 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 5:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 14 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 Forever Bloom (feat. Trevor Strnad)?

17 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 6, 9, 32, 33, 34, 38 and 29 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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