Invisible Touch · Genesis

113 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 3:29 of playing, on crash, hi-hat and snare.

RockPop120 to 149 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
113
LENGTH
3:29
DIFFICULTY
44/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 63% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-12, 14-20 and 22-24, and 7 more places -- 63.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 130 BPM
INVISIBLE TOUCH · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

1 fill to learn, played 9 times: bars 13, 21, 25, 37, 45, 49 and 3 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 13 · LANDS ON BAR 14 · PLAYED 9 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

113 bars across 5 sections: 100 keep time, 9 are fills and 1 is silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 91-113.

CHORUS
PART E
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
4 groovesBGES1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Invisible Touch?

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 Invisible Touch hard to play on drums?

44 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how many notes a second it asks for the part that decides it. The beat itself is 21 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

113 bars, about 3:29 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 13 exercises over 4 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat and snare. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

How many fills are in Invisible Touch?

1 fill to learn, played 9 times: bars 13, 21, 25, 37, 45, 49 and 3 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 113 BARS ANALYSED
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