Kings And Queens · 30 Seconds to Mars

99 bars of 4/4 at a walking 82 BPM, 4:50 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRockUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
82 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
99
LENGTH
4:50
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7, 9 and 11, and 15 more places -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 82 BPM
KINGS AND QUEENS · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 26, 38, 40, 42, 46, 54 and 3 more.

LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 82 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

99 bars across 9 sections: 71 keep time, 9 are fills, 2 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 69-88.

COUNT-IN
PART D
PART E
CHORUS
PART K
PART S7
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesGKCDE+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Kings And Queens?

82 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 Kings And Queens hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 51 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

99 bars, about 4:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 12 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 Kings And Queens?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 26, 38, 40, 42, 46, 54 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 99 BARS ANALYSED
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