Massive · Linkin Park

62 bars of 4/4 at a walking 80 BPM, 3:06 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetalUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
80 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
62
LENGTH
3:06
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 57% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-8, 19-22 and 31-38, and 3 more places -- 56.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 80 BPM
MASSIVE · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 46 and 62.

LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47
LOOP · 80 BPM
BAR 62
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

62 bars across 9 sections: 43 keep time, 2 are fills, 1 is a stop and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 47-58.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART C
CHORUS 3
BREAK
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBCS1S7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Massive?

80 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 Massive hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

62 bars, about 3:06 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Massive?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 46 and 62.

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