The Return (Tab) · Shadow Of Intent

178 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:45 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
178
LENGTH
4:45
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 36-42, 60-66 and 92, and 5 more places -- 21.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
THE RETURN (TAB) · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

18 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 15, 25, 26, 27, 31, 35 and 24 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 25-27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 31 · LANDS ON BAR 32 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 35 · LANDS ON BAR 36

14 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

178 bars across 20 sections: 107 keep time, 30 are fills, 4 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 16-24.

PART S1
PART E
CHORUS 2
PART Y
CHORUS 3
PART O
PART O
OUTRO
11 groovesMOETY+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Return (Tab)?

150 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 Return (Tab) hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 58 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

178 bars, about 4:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 54 exercises over 17 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Return (Tab)?

18 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 15, 25, 26, 27, 31, 35 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 178 BARS ANALYSED
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