Wasting Away · Nailbomb

79 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 2:49 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

MetalElectronic90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
79
LENGTH
2:49
DIFFICULTY
87/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 13-15, 21-23 and 25-27, and 5 more places -- 36.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 112 BPM
WASTING AWAY · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 12, 24, 48, 66 and 70.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

79 bars across 14 sections: 55 keep time, 5 are fills and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-8.

PART A
CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART G
CHORUS 3
PART G
PART I
CHORUS 4
PART G
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesEGIAS2+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Wasting Away?

112 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 Wasting Away hard to play on drums?

87 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 83 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

79 bars, about 2:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 24 exercises over 9 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, 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 Wasting Away?

5 fills to learn, played 5 times: bars 12, 24, 48, 66 and 70.

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