Last Night on Earth · Wisp

117 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:54 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
117
LENGTH
3:54
DIFFICULTY
41/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 31, 33 and 35, and 19 more places -- 22.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
LAST NIGHT ON EARTH · BAR 31
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 29 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 12 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 34 · LANDS ON BAR 35
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

117 bars across 9 sections: 34 keep time, 35 are fills, 34 are stops and 7 are silent.

COUNT-IN
PART E
CHORUS
PART D
PART E
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
5 groovesJEDS1S2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Last Night on Earth?

120 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 Last Night on Earth hard to play on drums?

41 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 22 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

117 bars, about 3:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 8 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Last Night on Earth?

8 fills to learn, played 35 times: bars 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 29 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 117 BARS ANALYSED
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