King For A Day · Pierce The Veil

110 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 4:03 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
110
LENGTH
4:03
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 22-28, 50-56 and 58-60, and 1 more place -- 18.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
KING FOR A DAY · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 31 and 31 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 8-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 12-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 31-37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 7 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

110 bars across 13 sections: 53 keep time, 37 are fills, 3 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 22-28.

PART C
PART H
CHORUS
PART B
PART O
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART Y
PART AI
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesLYHAQC+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is King For A Day?

108 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 King For A Day hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

110 bars, about 4:03 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 18 sittings, about 24 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 King For A Day?

17 fills to learn, played 37 times: bars 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 31 and 31 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 110 BARS ANALYSED
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