The Leaving Song Pt. II · AFI

74 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 2:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePunk90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
74
LENGTH
2:34
DIFFICULTY
73/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-21, 36-38 and 40-42, and 2 more places -- 22.7% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 115 BPM
THE LEAVING SONG PT. II · BAR 19
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18 and 16 more.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 9-10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 8 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 23 · LANDS ON BAR 24

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

74 bars across 7 sections: 36 keep time, 22 are fills, 3 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 36-42.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART M
PART S4
PART R
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesDMITS1+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Leaving Song Pt. II?

115 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 Leaving Song Pt. II hard to play on drums?

73 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

74 bars, about 2:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 9 sittings, about 26 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 The Leaving Song Pt. II?

9 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 74 BARS ANALYSED
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