The worst is yet to come · Still Remains

185 bars at 190 BPM -- fast, and 3:54 of it without a break -- on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore150 BPM and up
TEMPO
190 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
185
LENGTH
3:54
DIFFICULTY
68/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-64, 105-111 and 113-119, and 2 more places -- 23.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 190 BPM
THE WORST IS YET TO COME · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 4, 12, 37, 45, 46, 47 and 11 more.

LOOP · 190 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 190 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 190 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 190 BPM
BARS 45-48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

185 bars across 14 sections: 108 keep time, 17 are fills, 43 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 50-68.

PART C
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART C
PART AC
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesOCGACH+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The worst is yet to come?

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

Is The worst is yet to come hard to play on drums?

68 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

185 bars, about 3:54 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 18 sittings, about 24 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 worst is yet to come?

10 fills to learn, played 17 times: bars 4, 12, 37, 45, 46, 47 and 11 more.

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