Psycho · Askatasorra

209 bars of 4/4 at 150 BPM, about 5:34 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

150 BPM and up
TEMPO
150 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
209
LENGTH
5:34
DIFFICULTY
42/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 15% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 79-84, 87-89 and 91-92, and 12 more places -- 15.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 150 BPM
PSYCHO · BAR 79
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 55, 59, 61, 62, 68, 96 and 10 more.

LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 55 · LANDS ON BAR 56 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BARS 61-62 · LANDS ON BAR 63 · PLAYED 6 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 68 · LANDS ON BAR 69 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 150 BPM
BAR 209
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

209 bars across 26 sections: 148 keep time, 16 are fills, 12 are stops and 26 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 171-208.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART C
PART M
PART C
PART R
PART S
PART C
OUTRO 2
17 groovesACSBM+12Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Psycho?

150 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 Psycho hard to play on drums?

42 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how often it moves around the kit the part that decides it. The beat itself is 62 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

209 bars, about 5:34 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 36 exercises over 11 sittings, about 24 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 Psycho?

4 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 55, 59, 61, 62, 68, 96 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 209 BARS ANALYSED
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