The Mission · 30 Seconds to Mars

86 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 3:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndieProgressive90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
86
LENGTH
3:38
DIFFICULTY
60/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-3, 6-7 and 10-11, and 10 more places -- 24.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 94 BPM
THE MISSION · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 83 and 85.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 83 · LANDS ON BAR 84
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 85 · LANDS ON BAR 86
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

86 bars across 10 sections: 71 keep time, 2 are fills, 1 is a stop and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 25-38.

CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART G
PART K
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesCGOKB+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Mission?

94 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Mission hard to play on drums?

60 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

86 bars, about 3:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 7 sittings, about 28 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 The Mission?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 83 and 85.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 86 BARS ANALYSED
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