It Has To Be This Way (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance) · Jimmy Gnecco

72 bars of 4/4 at a walking 102 BPM, 2:47 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieElectronic90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
102 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
72
LENGTH
2:47
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 24-26, 38 and 42-44, and 5 more places -- 19.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 102 BPM
IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY (METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE) · BAR 54
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 34 and 11 more.

LOOP · 102 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 102 BPM
BARS 5-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 102 BPM
BARS 39-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

72 bars across 8 sections: 40 keep time, 17 are fills and 5 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 55-64.

PART K
PART L
CHORUS
PART P
CHORUS 2
PART Y
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesNKYPLFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is It Has To Be This Way (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)?

102 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 It Has To Be This Way (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance) hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 59 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

72 bars, about 2:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 10 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 It Has To Be This Way (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)?

7 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 34 and 11 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 72 BARS ANALYSED
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