The full drum sheet music for “Fear of a Blank Planet” by Porcupine Tree with Gavin Harrison on drums is now available! The transcription refers to the original version of the song, from the album of the same name released in 2007, and includes 5 pages plus a drum notation key.
The song is a progressive rock tune with basically 4 different parts: the verse and the refrain with a 6/4 time signature, the 32-bar interlude in 5/4, a reprise of the first section that alternates 4/4 to 6/4, and the outro in 12/8.
Gavin Harrison creates for every part a drum architecture with various colors (remarkable his use of the bells in the interlude) using the double pedal in the right moments. From a technical point of view, the application of rudiments is so creative with great use of flam, single drag, paradiddle, double stroke roll, swiss army triplets, and accurate control of ghost notes and buzz rolls on the snare drum.
The lyrics written by Steven Wilson have a strong meaning for this generation, maybe this world is becoming a blank planet but art and music will always save us!
I hope you appreciate my work, transcribing and editing all the 200+ bars of the song has been a good challenge, understanding the sticking, the orchestration of the fills, and the four different time signatures. Every drum fill is a story, the big fill at the end of the interlude is a monster! Concentrating on a single measure is a great way to develop your drumming and increase your vocabulary.
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