Triple The Threat · BAD TIME TRIO

128 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:16 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare and kick.

PunkAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
128
LENGTH
4:16
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-10, 17-19 and 21-23, and 5 more places -- 22% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
TRIPLE THE THREAT · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 20, 24, 40, 44, 56, 57 and 7 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 56-60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BARS 71-72 · LANDS ON BAR 73 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

128 bars across 14 sections: 77 keep time, 13 are fills, 6 are stops and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 78-91.

PART E
CHORUS
PART J
CHORUS 3
PART P
PART R
PART S11
PART M
9 groovesDMPRS11+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Triple The Threat?

120 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 Triple The Threat hard to play on drums?

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

How long is the drum part?

128 bars, about 4:16 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 11 sittings, about 27 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 Triple The Threat?

5 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 20, 24, 40, 44, 56, 57 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 128 BARS ANALYSED
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