In Waves · Trivium

181 bars of 4/4 at 153 BPM, about 4:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalRock150 BPM and upAdvanced
TEMPO
153 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
181
LENGTH
4:44
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2, 4 and 6, and 22 more places -- 14.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 153 BPM
IN WAVES · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 9, 16, 17, 21, 35, 43 and 24 more.

LOOP · 153 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 153 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 153 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 153 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

181 bars across 20 sections: 119 keep time, 30 are fills, 1 is a stop and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 108-115.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART O
PART T
PART O
PART T
PART Z
PART L
10 groovesGOTLB+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is In Waves?

153 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 In Waves hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

181 bars, about 4:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 15 sittings, about 26 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 In Waves?

14 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 9, 16, 17, 21, 35, 43 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 181 BARS ANALYSED
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