Only Time Will Tell · Asia

139 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PopRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
139
LENGTH
4:38
DIFFICULTY
71/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 37% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 23-32, 46-55 and 91-92, and 3 more places -- 37.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
ONLY TIME WILL TELL · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 5, 33, 34, 43, 56, 57 and 16 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 33-34 · LANDS ON BAR 35 · PLAYED 10 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

139 bars across 15 sections: 87 keep time, 22 are fills, 8 are stops and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-21.

PART E
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART J
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesGJES11S8+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Only Time Will Tell?

120 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 Only Time Will Tell hard to play on drums?

71 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 69 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

139 bars, about 4:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Only Time Will Tell?

7 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 5, 33, 34, 43, 56, 57 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 139 BARS ANALYSED
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