Thela Hun Ginjeet · King Crimson

186 bars of 4/4 at 130 BPM, about 5:42 of playing, on crash, snare, high tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
130 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
186
LENGTH
5:42
DIFFICULTY
59/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 49% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-32, 37 and 39-43, and 13 more places -- 49.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 130 BPM
THELA HUN GINJEET · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 44, 60, 61, 80, 81 and 153.

LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 44 · LANDS ON BAR 45
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 60-61 · LANDS ON BAR 62 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BARS 80-81 · LANDS ON BAR 82 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 130 BPM
BAR 153 · LANDS ON BAR 154
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

186 bars across 8 sections: 162 keep time, 6 are fills, 2 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 9-43.

CHORUS
PART G
PART G
CHORUS 2
OUTRO
5 groovesBGIS1QFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Thela Hun Ginjeet?

130 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 Thela Hun Ginjeet hard to play on drums?

59 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 49 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

186 bars, about 5:42 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 9 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

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

How many fills are in Thela Hun Ginjeet?

4 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 44, 60, 61, 80, 81 and 153.

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