Imminence (right version) · Sleep Dealer

146 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

Alternative / Indie120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
146
LENGTH
4:30
DIFFICULTY
34/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 72% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 34-40, 42-48 and 50-56, and 9 more places -- 71.8% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 130 BPM
IMMINENCE (RIGHT VERSION) · BAR 35
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 33, 49, 65, 81, 97, 105 and 4 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 33 · LANDS ON BAR 34
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 65 · LANDS ON BAR 66 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

146 bars across 7 sections: 80 keep time, 10 are fills, 26 are stops and 29 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 18-32.

COUNT-IN
PART B
CHORUS
PART S4
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
5 groovesFS1S4BS6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Imminence (right version)?

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 Imminence (right version) hard to play on drums?

34 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 14 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

146 bars, about 4:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 21 exercises over 5 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 Imminence (right version)?

6 fills to learn, played 10 times: bars 33, 49, 65, 81, 97, 105 and 4 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 146 BARS ANALYSED
AT THIS LEVEL

Play something else today

EVERY SONG A-Z →