Three Cheers for Five Years (version 2) · Mayday Parade

191 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 5:27 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
191
LENGTH
5:27
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 41, 43 and 49-51, and 17 more places -- 15.6% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
THREE CHEERS FOR FIVE YEARS (VERSION 2) · BAR 41
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

27 fills to learn, played 64 times: bars 16, 24, 26, 28, 34, 36 and 58 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

23 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

191 bars across 24 sections: 78 keep time, 64 are fills, 16 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-15.

PART B
PART S10
PART T
CHORUS 5
CHORUS 6
13 groovesQTS10LB+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Three Cheers for Five Years (version 2)?

140 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 Three Cheers for Five Years (version 2) hard to play on drums?

53 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 28 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

191 bars, about 5:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 73 exercises over 18 sittings, about 28 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 Three Cheers for Five Years (version 2)?

27 fills to learn, played 64 times: bars 16, 24, 26, 28, 34, 36 and 58 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 191 BARS ANALYSED
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