Indiscipline · King Crimson

136 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 4:30 of playing, on crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

RockProgressive120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
136
LENGTH
4:30
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 7% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 18-19, 21 and 24, and 4 more places -- 7.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 122 BPM
INDISCIPLINE · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 7 more.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 6-14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 72-73 · LANDS ON BAR 74 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 81 · LANDS ON BAR 82
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 121 · LANDS ON BAR 122
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

136 bars across 10 sections: 82 keep time, 13 are fills and 28 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 23-42.

PART A
PART P
PART S3
CHORUS
PART S5
PART BB
PART AC
OUTRO
9 groovesAHPAACS3+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Indiscipline?

122 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 Indiscipline hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

136 bars, about 4:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 15 sittings, about 23 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Indiscipline?

4 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 136 BARS ANALYSED
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