Hold On Till May · Pierce The Veil

153 bars of 4/4 at 146 BPM, about 4:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
146 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
4:12
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 81-96 and 145-151 -- 16.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 146 BPM
HOLD ON TILL MAY · BARS 81-82
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 52, 56, 57, 58, 66, 68 and 17 more.

LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 146 BPM
BARS 56-58 · LANDS ON BAR 59 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 146 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 12 sections: 80 keep time, 24 are fills, 17 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 8-23.

PART C
PART S3
PART N
CHORUS
PART AA
PART AC
PART AG
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesWAAAGNC+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Hold On Till May?

146 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 Hold On Till May hard to play on drums?

52 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 18 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 4:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 13 sittings, about 25 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 Hold On Till May?

11 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 52, 56, 57, 58, 66, 68 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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