Imperium (Revised) · Machine Head

214 bars of 4/4 at a walking 100 BPM, 8:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
100 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
214
LENGTH
8:34
DIFFICULTY
66/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 137-143, 153-159 and 161-167, and 1 more place -- 14.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 100 BPM
IMPERIUM (REVISED) · BAR 153
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

15 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 44, 48, 52, 56, 58, 59 and 30 more.

LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 58-59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 100 BPM
BARS 61-62 · LANDS ON BAR 63 · PLAYED 4 TIMES

11 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

214 bars across 22 sections: 113 keep time, 36 are fills, 18 are stops and 20 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 179-188.

COUNT-IN
PART I
PART I
PART AB
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
14 groovesAEIAS1T+9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Imperium (Revised)?

100 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 Imperium (Revised) hard to play on drums?

66 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 63 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

214 bars, about 8:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 66 exercises over 22 sittings, about 25 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 Imperium (Revised)?

15 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 44, 48, 52, 56, 58, 59 and 30 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 214 BARS ANALYSED
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