Painkiller · Three Days Grace

66 bars of 4/4 at a walking 90 BPM, 2:56 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
90 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
66
LENGTH
2:56
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 20% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 23 and 37-39, and 3 more places -- 20% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 90 BPM
PAINKILLER · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 20, 24, 36, 40, 44, 45 and 10 more.

LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 90 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 90 BPM
BARS 44-50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 7 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

66 bars across 6 sections: 40 keep time, 16 are fills, 1 is a stop and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-35.

COUNT-IN
PART C
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesHCBS1S4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Painkiller?

90 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 Painkiller hard to play on drums?

54 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 41 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

66 bars, about 2:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 6 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Painkiller?

6 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 20, 24, 36, 40, 44, 45 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 66 BARS ANALYSED
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