Skillet - Psycho in My Head · Skillet

109 bars of 4/4 at 133 BPM, about 3:17 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
133 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
109
LENGTH
3:17
DIFFICULTY
43/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 41% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5-8, 17-22 and 25-31, and 6 more places -- 40.6% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 133 BPM
SKILLET - PSYCHO IN MY HEAD · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 46, 53, 54, 90, 91, 95 and 1 more.

LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47
LOOP · 133 BPM
BARS 53-54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BARS 90-91 · LANDS ON BAR 92 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 95 · LANDS ON BAR 96

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

109 bars across 14 sections: 61 keep time, 7 are fills, 25 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-16.

PART C
CHORUS
PART F
PART I
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART C
PART F
CHORUS 3
PART R
OUTRO
8 groovesDCFRI+3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Skillet - Psycho in My Head?

133 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 Skillet - Psycho in My Head hard to play on drums?

43 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

109 bars, about 3:17 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 39 exercises over 11 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Skillet - Psycho in My Head?

5 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 46, 53, 54, 90, 91, 95 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 109 BARS ANALYSED
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