Somnambulistic Description of the Theory of Maxima and Minima · Wertay

256 bars of 4/4 at 131 BPM, about 8:05 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
131 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
256
LENGTH
8:05
DIFFICULTY
52/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 5, 9 and 15, and 25 more places -- 12% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 131 BPM
SOMNAMBULISTIC DESCRIPTION OF THE THEORY OF MAXIMA AND MINIMA · BAR 24
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 18 and 35 more.

LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 6 · LANDS ON BAR 7 · PLAYED 15 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 71 · LANDS ON BAR 72 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

260 bars across 22 sections: 137 keep time, 41 are fills, 32 are stops and 26 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 99-126.

CHORUS
PART T
CHORUS 3
PART AF
PART AC
PART BD
OUTRO
18 groovesFAFBDLAC+13Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Somnambulistic Description of the Theory of Maxima and Minima?

131 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 Somnambulistic Description of the Theory of Maxima and Minima hard to play on drums?

52 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?

256 bars, about 8:05 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 66 exercises over 18 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, 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 Somnambulistic Description of the Theory of Maxima and Minima?

12 fills to learn, played 41 times: bars 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 18 and 35 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 256 BARS ANALYSED
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