Main Theme · Chrono Trigger

65 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 1:59 of playing, on crash, snare and high tom.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
65
LENGTH
1:59
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 55% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 2-23 and 26-39 -- 55.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 130 BPM
MAIN THEME · BARS 2-3
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 1.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

65 bars across 3 sections: 60 keep time and 1 is a fill. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 2-40.

CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBFGFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Main Theme?

130 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 Main Theme hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how much of it falls off the beat the part that decides it. The beat itself is 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

65 bars, about 1:59 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare and high tom. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in Main Theme?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 1.

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