Strife (dropped C) · Trivium

153 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:13 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
153
LENGTH
4:13
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 18% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 45-47, 57 and 61-63, and 9 more places -- 17.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
STRIFE (DROPPED C) · BAR 57
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 58 and 27 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

153 bars across 12 sections: 85 keep time, 33 are fills, 8 are stops and 16 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 123-135.

COUNT-IN
PART C
PART E
PART G
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART Y
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesLADGS1Y+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Strife (dropped C)?

145 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 Strife (dropped C) hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 66 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

153 bars, about 4:13 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 44 exercises over 15 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Strife (dropped C)?

13 fills to learn, played 33 times: bars 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 58 and 27 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 153 BARS ANALYSED
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