It · Genesis

156 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 4:10 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
156
LENGTH
4:10
DIFFICULTY
87/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-8, 10 and 16, and 5 more places -- 19% 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
IT · BAR 126
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

17 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 4, 19, 20, 27, 28, 36 and 32 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 19-20 · LANDS ON BAR 21 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 39-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

13 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

156 bars across 13 sections: 95 keep time, 38 are fills, 1 is a stop and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 129-156.

PART F
PART T
PART AA
PART AC
PART AJ
PART AC
OUTRO 2
11 groovesDACFTAJ+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is It?

150 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 It hard to play on drums?

87 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 78 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

156 bars, about 4:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 61 exercises over 21 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, 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 It?

17 fills to learn, played 38 times: bars 4, 19, 20, 27, 28, 36 and 32 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 156 BARS ANALYSED
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