Unravel · Tk From Ling Tosite Sigure

130 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 3:51 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

PopRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
130
LENGTH
3:51
DIFFICULTY
76/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 37-43, 67-71 and 73, and 2 more places -- 22.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
UNRAVEL · BAR 37
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 18 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 16-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BARS 19-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 3 TIMES

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

130 bars across 20 sections: 68 keep time, 24 are fills, 5 are stops and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 123-130.

PART C
CHORUS
PART T
PART AC
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
PART U
OUTRO
14 groovesRCTACAS+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Unravel?

135 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 Unravel hard to play on drums?

76 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 47 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

130 bars, about 3:51 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 17 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Unravel?

12 fills to learn, played 24 times: bars 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 18 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 130 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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