Take The Power Back · Rage Against The Machine

148 bars of 4/4 at a walking 108 BPM, 5:26 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
108 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
148
LENGTH
5:26
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-15, 69-71 and 99, and 1 more place -- 13.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 108 BPM
TAKE THE POWER BACK · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 40, 48, 52, 60, 68, 89 and 6 more.

LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 89-90 · LANDS ON BAR 91 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 108 BPM
BARS 93-94 · LANDS ON BAR 95 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

148 bars across 14 sections: 111 keep time, 12 are fills and 7 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-15.

PART A
PART C
PART E
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART Q
PART V
PART C
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesIAEQAE+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Take The Power Back?

108 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 Take The Power Back hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 63 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

148 bars, about 5:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 47 exercises over 15 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high 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 Take The Power Back?

5 fills to learn, played 12 times: bars 40, 48, 52, 60, 68, 89 and 6 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 148 BARS ANALYSED
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