Last To Know · Three Days Grace

34 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 0:59 of playing, on crash, snare, floor tom and kick.

RockAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
34
LENGTH
0:59
DIFFICULTY
32/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 70% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-9, 11-13 and 15-17, and 4 more places -- 70% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 138 BPM
LAST TO KNOW · BAR 7
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 5, 6, 14 and 30.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BARS 5-6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

34 bars across 3 sections: 2 keep time, 4 are fills, 24 are stops and 4 are silent.

COUNT-IN
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesS2CS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Last To Know?

138 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 To Know hard to play on drums?

32 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 8 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

34 bars, about 0:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 7 exercises over 2 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Last To Know?

2 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 5, 6, 14 and 30.

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