Impersonating Theories · Amoniac

79 bars of 4/4 at 112 BPM, about 2:49 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom and kick.

90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
112 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
79
LENGTH
2:49
DIFFICULTY
83/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 26-27, 41-42 and 44, and 2 more places -- 12.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 112 BPM
IMPERSONATING THEORIES · BAR 26
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 24 more.

LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 1-4 · LANDS ON BAR 5 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 9-13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BARS 18-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 112 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

79 bars across 8 sections: 35 keep time, 30 are fills, 6 are stops and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 14-17.

CHORUS
PART R
PART T
PART Q
CHORUS 2
PART AD
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCQRTADFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Impersonating Theories?

112 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 Impersonating Theories hard to play on drums?

83 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 57 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

79 bars, about 2:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 31 exercises over 12 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid 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 Impersonating Theories?

9 fills to learn, played 30 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 24 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 79 BARS ANALYSED
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