The Court Of The Crimson King · King Crimson

169 bars, 9:49, at 68 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

ProgressiveRockUnder 90 BPMAdvanced
TEMPO
68 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
169
LENGTH
9:49
DIFFICULTY
70/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 3-4, 7 and 19-20, and 15 more places -- 23.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 68 BPM
THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING · BARS 3-4
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

19 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 1, 5, 17, 21, 33, 37 and 26 more.

LOOP · 68 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 68 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 68 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 68 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22

15 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

169 bars across 14 sections: 89 keep time, 32 are fills, 6 are stops and 36 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 78-97.

PART N
CHORUS 2
PART N
PART AI
CHORUS 3
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesCNAIS13F+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is The Court Of The Crimson King?

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

Is The Court Of The Crimson King hard to play on drums?

70 out of 100: demanding, mostly on how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 68 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

169 bars, about 9:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 45 exercises over 15 sittings, about 25 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 The Court Of The Crimson King?

19 fills to learn, played 32 times: bars 1, 5, 17, 21, 33, 37 and 26 more.

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