21St Century Schizoid Man Eb · King Crimson

214 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 76 BPM, 9:42 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRockUnder 90 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
76 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
214
LENGTH
9:42
DIFFICULTY
77/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 45-56, 135-146 and 188-191 -- 13.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 76 BPM
21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN EB · BARS 45-46
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 52 more.

LOOP · 76 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 76 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 76 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7
LOOP · 76 BPM
BARS 8-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 15 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

214 bars across 24 sections: 112 keep time, 58 are fills, 13 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 136-148.

PART C
CHORUS
PART AB
PART AG
CHORUS 2
PART T
OUTRO 2
20 groovesZCABBVAG+15Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 21St Century Schizoid Man Eb?

76 BPM, in 3/4, 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 21St Century Schizoid Man Eb hard to play on drums?

77 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

214 bars, about 9:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 83 exercises over 29 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 21St Century Schizoid Man Eb?

15 fills to learn, played 58 times: bars 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 52 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 214 BARS ANALYSED
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