When The Bough Breaks · Sleep Token

162 bars of 4/4 at 138 BPM, about 4:42 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
138 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
162
LENGTH
4:42
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 7-8, 11-12 and 15-16, and 14 more places -- 20.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 138 BPM
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS · BAR 7
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

11 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 84, 92, 96, 100, 116, 117 and 25 more.

LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 84 · LANDS ON BAR 85
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 92 · LANDS ON BAR 93
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 96 · LANDS ON BAR 97
LOOP · 138 BPM
BAR 100 · LANDS ON BAR 101

7 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

162 bars across 13 sections: 110 keep time, 31 are fills, 1 is a stop and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-68.

CHORUS
PART G
CHORUS 2
PART O
PART P
OUTRO 2
12 groovesDAGGPO+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is When The Bough Breaks?

138 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 When The Bough Breaks hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

162 bars, about 4:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 53 exercises over 19 sittings, about 25 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 When The Bough Breaks?

11 fills to learn, played 31 times: bars 84, 92, 96, 100, 116, 117 and 25 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 162 BARS ANALYSED
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