The Line (from Arcane) · Twenty One Pilots

50 bars, 2:46, at 71 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick and nothing else.

PopAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
71 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
50
LENGTH
2:46
DIFFICULTY
64/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 53% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 10-16, 18-21 and 23, and 2 more places -- 52.5% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 71 BPM
THE LINE (FROM ARCANE) · BAR 11
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 28, 39, 43 and 50.

LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 39 · LANDS ON BAR 40
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44
LOOP · 71 BPM
BAR 50
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

50 bars across 7 sections: 30 keep time, 4 are fills and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-23.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART E
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesCS1EHK+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Line (from Arcane)?

71 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is The Line (from Arcane) hard to play on drums?

64 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 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

50 bars, about 2:46 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 6 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in The Line (from Arcane)?

4 fills to learn, played 4 times: bars 28, 39, 43 and 50.

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