Manipulator · Insect Warfare

65 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 1:50 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
65
LENGTH
1:50
DIFFICULTY
95/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 48-54 -- 10.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
MANIPULATOR · BAR 49
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

7 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 16 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BARS 13-17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 19 · LANDS ON BAR 20
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 30 · LANDS ON BAR 31

3 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

65 bars across 6 sections: 28 keep time, 22 are fills and 8 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 23-29.

PART C
PART D
PART K
PART O
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesUDKOC+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Manipulator?

140 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 Manipulator hard to play on drums?

95 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 91 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

65 bars, about 1:50 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 30 exercises over 12 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

7 fills to learn, played 22 times: bars 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 16 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 65 BARS ANALYSED
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