Terminus · Unwound

297 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 9:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
297
LENGTH
9:30
DIFFICULTY
50/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 225-231, 233-239 and 241-247, and 6 more places -- 24% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
TERMINUS · BAR 225
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 42, 44, 46, 56, 88, 90 and 24 more.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 104-110 · LANDS ON BAR 111 · PLAYED 7 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

297 bars across 15 sections: 219 keep time, 30 are fills, 1 is a stop and 34 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 225-295.

PART F
PART F
CHORUS
BREAK
OUTRO
8 groovesPUFCS14+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Terminus?

125 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 Terminus hard to play on drums?

50 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how often it moves around the kit. The beat itself is 19 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

297 bars, about 9:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 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 Terminus?

5 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 42, 44, 46, 56, 88, 90 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 297 BARS ANALYSED
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