Last To Bleed · Kaelith

195 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 5:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
195
LENGTH
5:44
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 47-56, 67-72 and 111-112, and 1 more place -- 12.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
LAST TO BLEED · BARS 47-48
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 8, 9, 17, 26, 66, 73 and 22 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 8-9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

203 bars across 24 sections: 121 keep time, 28 are fills, 17 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 45-60.

PART F
CHORUS
PART AF
PART P
OUTRO
15 groovesZAFFPK+10Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Last To Bleed?

135 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 Last To Bleed hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 52 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

195 bars, about 5:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 77 exercises over 25 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Last To Bleed?

15 fills to learn, played 28 times: bars 8, 9, 17, 26, 66, 73 and 22 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 195 BARS ANALYSED
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