The Final Countdown V2 · Europe

129 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:18 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockJazz / Blues120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
129
LENGTH
4:18
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8-10, 12-14 and 19-22, and 7 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 · 120 BPM
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN V2 · BAR 8
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 15, 16, 37, 38, 61, 62 and 18 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 15-16 · LANDS ON BAR 17 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 37-38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 74-76 · LANDS ON BAR 77 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

129 bars across 10 sections: 89 keep time, 24 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 39-51.

CHORUS
PART I
PART I
PART H
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
5 groovesDHIGS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Final Countdown V2?

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 The Final Countdown V2 hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 71 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

129 bars, about 4:18 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 11 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 The Final Countdown V2?

6 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 15, 16, 37, 38, 61, 62 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 129 BARS ANALYSED
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