They Say · Scars On Broadway

96 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 2:47 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Alternative / IndieMetal120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
96
LENGTH
2:47
DIFFICULTY
46/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 64% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-24, 33-56 and 65-72, and 1 more place -- 63.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 138 BPM
THEY SAY · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 80.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 80 · LANDS ON BAR 81
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

96 bars across 9 sections: 76 keep time, 1 is a fill, 2 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 34-56.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART C
CHORUS 3
PART C
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBCES1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is They Say?

138 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 They Say hard to play on drums?

46 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 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

96 bars, about 2:47 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 14 exercises over 4 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in They Say?

1 fill to learn, played 1 time: bar 80.

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