Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 2 · King Crimson

152 bars of 5/4 -- not four -- at 115 BPM, 6:10 of playing on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock90 to 119 BPM
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
5/4
BARS
152
LENGTH
6:10
DIFFICULTY
49/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 28-29, 33-35 and 38, and 7 more places -- 11.2% 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
LARKS' TONGUES IN ASPIC, PT. 2 · BAR 65
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 12, 40, 46, 49, 58 and 59.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 58-59 · LANDS ON BAR 60 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

152 bars across 21 sections: 95 keep time, 6 are fills, 5 are stops and 27 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 118-127.

PART G
CHORUS
PART S8
PART AM
CHORUS 2
PART AZ
PART R
BREAK 5
18 groovesURS21GS8+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 2?

115 BPM, in 5/4, 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 Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 2 hard to play on drums?

49 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 27 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

152 bars, about 6:10 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 55 exercises over 16 sittings, about 25 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 Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 2?

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 12, 40, 46, 49, 58 and 59.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 152 BARS ANALYSED
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