Meant To Live · Switchfoot

120 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 3:12 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePop150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
120
LENGTH
3:12
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 52% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-8, 10-12 and 30-36, and 8 more places -- 52.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 150 BPM
MEANT TO LIVE · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 13, 63, 81, 101, 113 and 119.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 63 · LANDS ON BAR 64 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 113 · LANDS ON BAR 114

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

120 bars across 16 sections: 58 keep time, 6 are fills, 16 are stops and 26 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 73-80.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART E
CHORUS 3
PART S14
OUTRO 2
8 groovesBES14S1S3+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Meant To Live?

150 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 Meant To Live hard to play on drums?

40 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 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

120 bars, about 3:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 5 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Meant To Live?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 13, 63, 81, 101, 113 and 119.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 120 BARS ANALYSED
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