Reptile · Nine Inch Nails

98 bars, 6:15, at 64 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Hi-hat, snare and kick and nothing else.

ElectronicAlternative / IndieUnder 90 BPMFour drums or fewerBeginner
TEMPO
64 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
98
LENGTH
6:15
DIFFICULTY
50/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 66% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-28, 37-62 and 75-82 -- 65.9% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 64 BPM
REPTILE · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

98 bars across 9 sections: 84 keep time and 10 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 38-62.

CHORUS
PART C
CHORUS 2
PART C
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
5 groovesBCS1S6S9Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Reptile?

64 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is Reptile hard to play on drums?

50 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 42 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

98 bars, about 6:15 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 3 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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