Symbiotic in Theory (Tab Book) · Necrophagist

141 bars at 224 BPM -- fast, and 2:52 of it without a break -- on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock150 BPM and up
TEMPO
224 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
141
LENGTH
2:52
DIFFICULTY
98/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 11% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 8-9, 13-14 and 18-19, and 4 more places -- 11.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 224 BPM
SYMBIOTIC IN THEORY (TAB BOOK) · BARS 8-9
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 2, 4, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 30 more.

LOOP · 224 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 224 BPM
BAR 4 · LANDS ON BAR 5
LOOP · 224 BPM
BARS 22-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 224 BPM
BAR 49 · LANDS ON BAR 50

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

141 bars across 13 sections: 68 keep time, 36 are fills, 6 are stops and 17 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 39-48.

PART D
CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART R
PART Y
PART AD
PART Y
PART AG
PART AL
PART AG
BREAK
9 groovesGRAGS13Y+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Symbiotic in Theory (Tab Book)?

224 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. At that speed the thirty-second notes are the whole difficulty, so the room will take it down to a quarter of it and climb back.

Is Symbiotic in Theory (Tab Book) hard to play on drums?

98 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 95 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

141 bars, about 2:52 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 56 exercises over 20 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, 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 Symbiotic in Theory (Tab Book)?

13 fills to learn, played 36 times: bars 2, 4, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 30 more.

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