Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most · Dance Gavin Dance

76 bars of 4/4 at a walking 85 BPM, 3:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Metalcore / HardcoreAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
85 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
76
LENGTH
3:34
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 7-8, 10-11 and 23-24, and 3 more places -- 14.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 85 BPM
UNEASY HEARTS WEIGH THE MOST · BARS 7-8
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 4, 15, 17, 18, 28, 36 and 8 more.

LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 85 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 85 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

76 bars across 10 sections: 48 keep time, 14 are fills and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 67-76.

CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART L
PART Q
PART S8
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
8 groovesELZQS8+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most?

85 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 Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

76 bars, about 3:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 13 sittings, about 22 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most?

4 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 4, 15, 17, 18, 28, 36 and 8 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 76 BARS ANALYSED
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