Too Far Gone · Fried By Fluoride

81 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 2:30 of playing, on crash, snare and kick.

120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
81
LENGTH
2:30
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 44% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1, 3 and 5, and 12 more places -- 44.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 130 BPM
TOO FAR GONE · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 27, 54 and 81.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

81 bars across 8 sections: 58 keep time, 3 are fills and 11 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-16.

CHORUS
PART A
CHORUS 2
PART E
PART A
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
3 groovesBAEFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Too Far Gone?

130 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 Too Far Gone hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

81 bars, about 2:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 4 sittings, about 29 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in Too Far Gone?

1 fill to learn, played 3 times: bars 27, 54 and 81.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 81 BARS ANALYSED
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