21st Century Schizoid Man · King Crimson

229 bars of 3/4 -- not four -- at 76 BPM, 10:39 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRockUnder 90 BPMShuffle / tripletIntermediate
TEMPO
76 BPM
TIME
3/4
BARS
229
LENGTH
10:39
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 53-64, 143-154 and 196-199 -- 12.7% 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 · BARS 53-54
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 59 times: bars 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 53 more.

LOOP · 76 BPM
BARS 9-10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 76 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 76 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15
LOOP · 76 BPM
BARS 16-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

229 bars across 24 sections: 122 keep time, 59 are fills, 9 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 53-73.

CHORUS
PART W
PART AA
PART W
PART AA
PART AW
OUTRO 2
16 groovesAADWAWAD+11Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 21st Century Schizoid Man?

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 hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 66 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

229 bars, about 10:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 85 exercises over 29 sittings, about 26 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?

21 fills to learn, played 59 times: bars 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 53 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 229 BARS ANALYSED
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