Say No Word · LANDMVRKS

86 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 2:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
86
LENGTH
2:45
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29-35 and 46-52 -- 16.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
SAY NO WORD · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 4, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24 and 21 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 18-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

86 bars across 10 sections: 37 keep time, 27 are fills, 12 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 6-17.

PART C
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART U
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesLCZUAH+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Say No Word?

125 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 Say No Word hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

86 bars, about 2:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 12 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Say No Word?

12 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 4, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24 and 21 more.

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