Walking on the Edge · SONS OF LEGION

91 bars of 4/4 at a walking 84 BPM, 4:17 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Under 90 BPM
TEMPO
84 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
91
LENGTH
4:17
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 57% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 14, 16 and 18, and 8 more places -- 56.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 84 BPM
WALKING ON THE EDGE · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 20, 21, 53, 74, 86 and 90.

LOOP · 84 BPM
BARS 20-21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 53 · LANDS ON BAR 54
LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 74 · LANDS ON BAR 75
LOOP · 84 BPM
BAR 86 · LANDS ON BAR 87

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

91 bars across 5 sections: 65 keep time, 6 are fills, 1 is a stop and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 33-52.

COUNT-IN
CHORUS
PART M
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesCS1PMFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Walking on the Edge?

84 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 Walking on the Edge hard to play on drums?

44 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 33 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

91 bars, about 4:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 5 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor 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 Walking on the Edge?

5 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 20, 21, 53, 74, 86 and 90.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 91 BARS ANALYSED
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