Themata · Karnivool

128 bars of 4/4 at a walking 94 BPM, 5:26 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

ProgressiveAlternative / Indie90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
94 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
128
LENGTH
5:26
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 9% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 44-46, 48 and 68-69, and 5 more places -- 8.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 94 BPM
THEMATA · BAR 44
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

13 fills to learn, played 44 times: bars 2, 9, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 38 more.

LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 9 · LANDS ON BAR 10
LOOP · 94 BPM
BARS 18-22 · LANDS ON BAR 23 · PLAYED 5 TIMES
LOOP · 94 BPM
BAR 43 · LANDS ON BAR 44

9 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

128 bars across 15 sections: 57 keep time, 44 are fills, 4 are stops and 3 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 24-31.

PART E
PART I
PART P
PART V
CHORUS
PART V
PART AI
CHORUS 2
PART P
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
9 groovesACAIVPI+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Themata?

94 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second 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 Themata hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

128 bars, about 5:26 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, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Themata?

13 fills to learn, played 44 times: bars 2, 9, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 38 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 128 BARS ANALYSED
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