On the verge · Thrown

55 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 2:12 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Metalcore / HardcoreRock90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
55
LENGTH
2:12
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-13, 18-21 and 26-27, and 1 more place -- 22.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
ON THE VERGE · BAR 10
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 17, 28, 29, 33, 53, 54 and 1 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 28-29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 53-55 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

55 bars across 6 sections: 25 keep time, 7 are fills, 16 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 8-16.

PART D
CHORUS
PART I
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesGEIDS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is On the verge?

100 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 On the verge hard to play on drums?

53 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 45 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

55 bars, about 2:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 19 exercises over 7 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in On the verge?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 17, 28, 29, 33, 53, 54 and 1 more.

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