Time Ends · Merauder

141 bars of 4/4 at 143 BPM, about 3:56 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

MetalMetalcore / Hardcore120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
143 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
141
LENGTH
3:56
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 17% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17, 19 and 21, and 21 more places -- 17.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 143 BPM
TIME ENDS · BAR 42
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 16, 41, 65, 84, 85, 101 and 4 more.

LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 41 · LANDS ON BAR 42
LOOP · 143 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66
LOOP · 143 BPM
BARS 84-85 · LANDS ON BAR 86 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

141 bars across 11 sections: 117 keep time, 10 are fills, 2 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-15.

PART A
CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART H
CHORUS 3
PART T
PART Z
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesDHATZ+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Time Ends?

143 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Ends hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

141 bars, about 3:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 42 exercises over 16 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Ends?

7 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 16, 41, 65, 84, 85, 101 and 4 more.

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