Colony of Slippermen · Genesis

270 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 7:29 of playing, on ride, hi-hat and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
270
LENGTH
7:29
DIFFICULTY
29/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 22% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 8-14, 21-28 and 33-34, and 4 more places -- 22.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 125 BPM
COLONY OF SLIPPERMEN · BAR 8
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

270 bars across 20 sections: 219 keep time and 35 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 65-96.

PART G
PART I
BREAK 2
CHORUS 3
PART M
CHORUS 4
PART G
PART I
OUTRO 2
13 groovesDIRGM+8Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Colony of Slippermen?

125 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 Colony of Slippermen hard to play on drums?

29 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how much of it falls off the beat the part that decides it. The beat itself is 34 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

270 bars, about 7:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 7 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

ride, hi-hat and hi-hat foot. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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