Sensorium · Epica

158 bars of 4/4 at 132 BPM, about 4:45 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
132 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
158
LENGTH
4:45
DIFFICULTY
82/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-16 and 133-138 -- 13.9% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 132 BPM
SENSORIUM · BAR 2
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

14 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 20, 32, 37, 40, 44, 60 and 17 more.

LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 37 · LANDS ON BAR 38 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 132 BPM
BAR 40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

10 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

158 bars across 15 sections: 111 keep time, 23 are fills and 8 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-16.

PART A
PART E
PART H
PART E
PART H
CHORUS 2
PART S
PART V
PART Z
PART A
10 groovesOAEHS+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Sensorium?

132 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 Sensorium hard to play on drums?

82 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 70 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

158 bars, about 4:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 exercises over 17 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 Sensorium?

14 fills to learn, played 23 times: bars 20, 32, 37, 40, 44, 60 and 17 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 158 BARS ANALYSED
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