Aqua Regia · Sleep Token

85 bars of 4/4 at 126 BPM, about 2:42 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Funk / Soul120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
126 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
85
LENGTH
2:42
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 46% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 21-23, 25-27 and 29-31, and 6 more places -- 46.3% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 126 BPM
AQUA REGIA · BAR 22
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 36, 52 and 68.

LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 52 · LANDS ON BAR 53
LOOP · 126 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

85 bars across 7 sections: 57 keep time, 3 are fills, 3 are stops and 18 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 17-35.

PART C
CHORUS
PART B
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesHS6CBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Aqua Regia?

126 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 Aqua Regia hard to play on drums?

40 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

85 bars, about 2:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 5 sittings, about 27 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 Aqua Regia?

3 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 36, 52 and 68.

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