City Of Delusion · Muse

127 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 4:14 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
127
LENGTH
4:14
DIFFICULTY
55/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 30-38, 72-80 and 114-122 -- 22.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 120 BPM
CITY OF DELUSION · BAR 30
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 16, 20, 29, 62, 71, 88 and 3 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 29 · LANDS ON BAR 30 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 88 · LANDS ON BAR 89

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

127 bars across 18 sections: 92 keep time, 9 are fills, 1 is a stop and 9 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-12.

PART B
CHORUS
PART H
PART J
CHORUS 2
PART H
PART I
PART O
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
11 groovesFHOIB+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is City Of Delusion?

120 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 City Of Delusion hard to play on drums?

55 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 39 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

127 bars, about 4:14 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 37 exercises over 11 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 City Of Delusion?

5 fills to learn, played 9 times: bars 16, 20, 29, 62, 71, 88 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 127 BARS ANALYSED
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