Still Alive · Portal

87 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:54 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

MetalProgressive120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
2:54
DIFFICULTY
39/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 66% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 24-42, 48 and 50-53, and 3 more places -- 66.2% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 120 BPM
STILL ALIVE · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 49, 75 and 87.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 87
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

87 bars across 9 sections: 55 keep time, 3 are fills, 1 is a stop and 22 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-42.

COUNT-IN
PART A
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART S6
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesBS1CAS6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Still Alive?

120 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 Still Alive hard to play on drums?

39 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 2:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 3 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Still Alive?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 49, 75 and 87.

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