Points of Authority · Linkin Park

79 bars of 4/4 at a walking 95 BPM, 3:20 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
95 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
79
LENGTH
3:20
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 70% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-12, 21-27 and 29-30, and 6 more places -- 69.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 95 BPM
POINTS OF AUTHORITY · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 20, 38, 46, 62 and 70.

LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47
LOOP · 95 BPM
BAR 62 · LANDS ON BAR 63

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

79 bars across 10 sections: 59 keep time, 5 are fills and 13 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 22-30.

COUNT-IN
INTRO
PART C
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
6 groovesBCS1S3S6+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Points of Authority?

95 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 Points of Authority hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 46 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

79 bars, about 3:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 7 sittings, about 21 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid 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 Points of Authority?

5 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 20, 38, 46, 62 and 70.

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