Malphasian · Disembodied Tyrant

196 bars of 4/4 at 142 BPM, about 5:30 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
142 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
196
LENGTH
5:30
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1, 3 and 5, and 10 more places -- 11.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 142 BPM
MALPHASIAN · BAR 1
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 24, 32, 45, 49, 63, 76 and 16 more.

LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 45 · LANDS ON BAR 46
LOOP · 142 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

196 bars across 25 sections: 94 keep time, 22 are fills, 35 are stops and 28 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 184-194.

PART E
PART N
PART S11
PART AS
PART AV
PART BF
OUTRO 2
19 groovesAEAVS11AS+14Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Malphasian?

142 BPM, in 4/4, 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 Malphasian hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

196 bars, about 5:30 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 65 exercises over 21 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 Malphasian?

13 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 24, 32, 45, 49, 63, 76 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 196 BARS ANALYSED
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