Parallel Minds · Conception

154 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 4:44 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

ProgressiveMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
154
LENGTH
4:44
DIFFICULTY
63/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 39% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-32, 50-69 and 103-118 -- 39% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 130 BPM
PARALLEL MINDS · BAR 9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 36, 48, 73, 85, 122, 142 and 2 more.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 48 · LANDS ON BAR 49 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 142-143 · LANDS ON BAR 144 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 153 · LANDS ON BAR 154
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

154 bars across 12 sections: 127 keep time, 8 are fills and 5 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 10-32.

PART A
CHORUS
PART D
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART D
PART H
PART K
CHORUS 3
PART D
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesCHDAKFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Parallel Minds?

130 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 Parallel Minds hard to play on drums?

63 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 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

154 bars, about 4:44 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 28 exercises over 9 sittings, about 25 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Parallel Minds?

4 fills to learn, played 8 times: bars 36, 48, 73, 85, 122, 142 and 2 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 154 BARS ANALYSED
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