TDFB · Ends In Tragedy, Dance

111 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 2:57 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
111
LENGTH
2:57
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21-24 and 29-32, and 2 more places -- 15.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
TDFB · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 8, 47, 64, 70, 74 and 102.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 47 · LANDS ON BAR 48
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 70 · LANDS ON BAR 71

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

111 bars across 15 sections: 59 keep time, 6 are fills, 25 are stops and 6 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 76-84.

PART C
PART F
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART Q
PART T
PART S10
PART K
CHORUS 3
PART Q
OUTRO 2
9 groovesIQFKC+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is TDFB?

150 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 TDFB hard to play on drums?

57 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

111 bars, about 2:57 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 11 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 TDFB?

6 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 8, 47, 64, 70, 74 and 102.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 111 BARS ANALYSED
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