King Park · La Dispute

196 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 5:23 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metalcore / HardcoreAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
196
LENGTH
5:23
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-8, 10-12 and 14, and 1 more place -- 11% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
KING PARK · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 1, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 27 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 145 BPM
BARS 15-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

196 bars across 17 sections: 102 keep time, 33 are fills, 12 are stops and 32 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-55.

PART B
CHORUS
PART AK
PART S9
PART AR
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
16 groovesKS9BHAX+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is King Park?

145 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 King Park 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 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

196 bars, about 5:23 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 63 exercises over 18 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high 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 Park?

13 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 1, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 196 BARS ANALYSED
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