How To Save A Life · The Fray

133 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 4:22 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieElectronic120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
133
LENGTH
4:22
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 46% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-19, 33-39 and 41-47, and 6 more places -- 45.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 122 BPM
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 20, 48, 76, 92, 108 and 132.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 132 · LANDS ON BAR 133
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

133 bars across 8 sections: 93 keep time, 6 are fills, 5 are stops and 22 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 57-75.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART S6
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesBES1S6S3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is How To Save A Life?

122 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 How To Save A Life hard to play on drums?

54 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 40 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

133 bars, about 4:22 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 6 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 How To Save A Life?

2 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 20, 48, 76, 92, 108 and 132.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 133 BARS ANALYSED
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