Kolonie-termitů · Arakain

166 bars of 4/4 at 145 BPM, about 4:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
145 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
166
LENGTH
4:30
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 21% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 68, 72 and 76-82, and 5 more places -- 20.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 145 BPM
KOLONIE-TERMITŮ · BAR 68
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

9 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 48, 70, 74, 75, 83, 87 and 12 more.

LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 70 · LANDS ON BAR 71 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 145 BPM
BAR 83 · LANDS ON BAR 84 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

166 bars across 17 sections: 98 keep time, 18 are fills, 30 are stops and 5 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 31-42.

PART E
PART I
PART M
CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
10 groovesQMIEB+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Kolonie-termitů?

145 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 Kolonie-termitů hard to play on drums?

59 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 56 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

166 bars, about 4:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 48 exercises over 13 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor 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 Kolonie-termitů?

9 fills to learn, played 18 times: bars 48, 70, 74, 75, 83, 87 and 12 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 166 BARS ANALYSED
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