Derealization · Looted Temple

102 bars of 4/4 at 120 BPM, about 3:24 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
120 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
102
LENGTH
3:24
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 57% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-19, 21-23 and 25-27, and 17 more places -- 57.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 120 BPM
DEREALIZATION · BAR 17
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64 and 5 more.

LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 120 BPM
BAR 64 · LANDS ON BAR 65 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

102 bars across 5 sections: 53 keep time, 11 are fills, 31 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 5-16.

PART B
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesEDBS1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Derealization?

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 Derealization hard to play on drums?

43 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

102 bars, about 3:24 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 17 exercises over 4 sittings, about 28 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 Derealization?

4 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 102 BARS ANALYSED
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