The Words "Best Friend" Become Redefined · Chiodos

171 bars at 220 BPM -- fast, and 3:07 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Metalcore / HardcoreAlternative / Indie150 BPM and up
TEMPO
220 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
171
LENGTH
3:07
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 1-32 -- 22.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 220 BPM
THE WORDS "BEST FRIEND" BECOME REDEFINED · BARS 1-2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 106, 114, 122, 154, 162 and 170.

LOOP · 220 BPM
BAR 106 · LANDS ON BAR 107
LOOP · 220 BPM
BAR 114 · LANDS ON BAR 115
LOOP · 220 BPM
BAR 122 · LANDS ON BAR 123
LOOP · 220 BPM
BAR 154 · LANDS ON BAR 155

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

171 bars across 13 sections: 58 keep time, 6 are fills, 68 are stops and 31 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 80-93.

CHORUS
PART S4
PART G
PART I
PART S10
PART Q
OUTRO
11 groovesBS10S13IG+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Words "Best Friend" Become Redefined?

220 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. At that speed the sixteenth notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is The Words "Best Friend" Become Redefined hard to play on drums?

43 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

171 bars, about 3:07 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 27 exercises over 7 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in The Words "Best Friend" Become Redefined?

6 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 106, 114, 122, 154, 162 and 170.

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