Lament · King Crimson

105 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 3:39 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
105
LENGTH
3:39
DIFFICULTY
38/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 16% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 39-53 -- 15.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 115 BPM
LAMENT · BAR 40
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 17, 18, 25, 26, 57, 58 and 5 more.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 17-18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 25-26 · LANDS ON BAR 27 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 66 · LANDS ON BAR 67 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 77-78 · LANDS ON BAR 79 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

105 bars across 13 sections: 68 keep time, 11 are fills, 3 are stops and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 38-54.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
PART P
PART S
PART Z
PART AE
PART AI
OUTRO 2
11 groovesASZAIAE+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Lament?

115 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 Lament hard to play on drums?

38 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 12 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

105 bars, about 3:39 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 34 exercises over 9 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Lament?

5 fills to learn, played 11 times: bars 17, 18, 25, 26, 57, 58 and 5 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 105 BARS ANALYSED
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