Crystal Knight · Netherwalker, Grayson Yearty, Mauricio Cortez Bowles, Alex Calver

173 bars of 4/4 at 133 BPM, about 5:12 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
133 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
173
LENGTH
5:12
DIFFICULTY
74/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 94-101, 103-104 and 108 -- 7.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 133 BPM
CRYSTAL KNIGHT · BAR 94
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

19 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16 and 32 more.

LOOP · 133 BPM
BARS 8-12 · LANDS ON BAR 13 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 16 · LANDS ON BAR 17
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

173 bars across 25 sections: 68 keep time, 38 are fills, 19 are stops and 27 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 94-104.

CHORUS
PART X
PART D
PART BC
PART BI
PART S15
PART BU
PART BV
21 groovesHBCBUDAI+16Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Crystal Knight?

133 BPM, in 4/4, 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 Crystal Knight hard to play on drums?

74 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

173 bars, about 5:12 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 70 exercises over 22 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Crystal Knight?

19 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16 and 32 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 173 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

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