Time Bomb · Rancid

50 bars of 4/4 at a walking 83 BPM, 2:25 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

PunkHip Hop / ReggaeUnder 90 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
83 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
50
LENGTH
2:25
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-9, 15-17 and 23-26, and 1 more place -- 36% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 83 BPM
TIME BOMB · BAR 7
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 2, 10, 18, 27 and 48.

LOOP · 83 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 83 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 83 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

50 bars across 10 sections: 27 keep time, 6 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 41-47.

PART B
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
PART B
CHORUS 3
PART B
VERSE
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesDBHFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Time Bomb?

83 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 Time Bomb hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 44 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

50 bars, about 2:25 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 15 exercises over 6 sittings, about 22 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 Time Bomb?

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 1, 2, 10, 18, 27 and 48.

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