Sooner Or Later · Breaking Benjamin

84 bars of 4/4 at a walking 93 BPM, 3:37 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieMetal90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
93 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
84
LENGTH
3:37
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 24-26, 28-30 and 50-52, and 1 more place -- 14.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 93 BPM
SOONER OR LATER · BARS 24-25
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 51 and 7 more.

LOOP · 93 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 93 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32
LOOP · 93 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 93 BPM
BARS 70-73 · LANDS ON BAR 74 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

84 bars across 14 sections: 43 keep time, 13 are fills, 3 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-14.

PART B
PART F
CHORUS
PART F
CHORUS 2
PART W
PART S12
OUTRO 2
10 groovesMFHJW+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sooner Or Later?

93 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 Sooner Or Later hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

84 bars, about 3:37 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 12 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Sooner Or Later?

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 51 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 84 BARS ANALYSED
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