Tear In My Heart · Twenty One Pilots

83 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 2:46 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndiePop120 to 149 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
83
LENGTH
2:46
DIFFICULTY
54/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 12-14, 16 and 26-28, and 4 more places -- 23.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
TEAR IN MY HEART · BAR 13
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 11, 17, 25, 57, 65, 82 and 1 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 57 · LANDS ON BAR 58
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 82-83 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

83 bars across 14 sections: 55 keep time, 7 are fills, 2 are stops and 11 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 26-37.

PART C
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART A
PART J
PART K
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesECFKA+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Tear In My Heart?

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 Tear In My Heart hard to play on drums?

54 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 55 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

83 bars, about 2:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 7 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor 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 Tear In My Heart?

4 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 11, 17, 25, 57, 65, 82 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 83 BARS ANALYSED
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