Ich bin nicht ich · Tokio Hotel

109 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 3:21 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / IndiePop120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
109
LENGTH
3:21
DIFFICULTY
53/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 53% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-7, 25-39 and 57-71, and 1 more place -- 52.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 130 BPM
ICH BIN NICHT ICH · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 84 and 109.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 84 · LANDS ON BAR 85
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 109
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

109 bars across 10 sections: 96 keep time, 2 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 86-108.

PART D
CHORUS 2
PART D
CHORUS 3
PART F
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBDFAH+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Ich bin nicht ich?

130 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 Ich bin nicht ich hard to play on drums?

53 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

109 bars, about 3:21 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 18 exercises over 5 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Ich bin nicht ich?

2 fills to learn, played 2 times: bars 84 and 109.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 109 BARS ANALYSED
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