War Nerve · Pantera

134 bars of 4/4 at 116 BPM, about 4:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
116 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
134
LENGTH
4:36
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 94-105 and 110-113 -- 12% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 116 BPM
WAR NERVE · BAR 98
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 9, 21, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 30 more.

LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 33-41 · LANDS ON BAR 42 · PLAYED 18 TIMES
LOOP · 116 BPM
BARS 44-45 · LANDS ON BAR 46 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

134 bars across 21 sections: 73 keep time, 36 are fills, 1 is a stop and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 95-105.

PART B
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART B
PART AC
PART AC
OUTRO
12 groovesOACBWG+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is War Nerve?

116 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 War Nerve hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 64 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

134 bars, about 4:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 49 exercises over 17 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 War Nerve?

8 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 9, 21, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 30 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 134 BARS ANALYSED
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