Insomnia · Periphery

160 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 3:52 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveMetal150 BPM and upAdvanced
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
160
LENGTH
3:52
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 8% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 128-129, 132-133 and 144-145, and 3 more places -- 8.1% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
INSOMNIA · BARS 128-129
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 1, 13, 42, 46, 48, 56 and 13 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 42 · LANDS ON BAR 43 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

160 bars across 16 sections: 106 keep time, 19 are fills, 6 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 144-160.

PART B
PART O
PART B
PART AD
PART AI
PART S8
PART J
PART AI
OUTRO
12 groovesBJBAIS8AD+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Insomnia?

150 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 Insomnia hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

160 bars, about 3:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 20 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, 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 Insomnia?

13 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 1, 13, 42, 46, 48, 56 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 160 BARS ANALYSED
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