2 X 4 · Metallica

159 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 5:28 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock90 to 119 BPMShuffle / triplet
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
159
LENGTH
5:28
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 38% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 4-9, 12-14 and 24, and 17 more places -- 37.7% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 115 BPM
2 X 4 · BAR 14
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

20 fills to learn, played 46 times: bars 1, 2, 10, 11, 15, 25 and 40 more.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 1-2 · LANDS ON BAR 3 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 10-11 · LANDS ON BAR 12 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 15 · LANDS ON BAR 16
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 25-27 · LANDS ON BAR 28 · PLAYED 6 TIMES

16 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

159 bars across 10 sections: 78 keep time, 46 are fills and 24 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 39-49.

CHORUS
PART H
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
PART AB
PART AG
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
6 groovesDHAGAHAB+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 2 X 4?

115 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 2 X 4 hard to play on drums?

57 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 38 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

159 bars, about 5:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 52 exercises over 15 sittings, about 27 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, 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 2 X 4?

20 fills to learn, played 46 times: bars 1, 2, 10, 11, 15, 25 and 40 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 159 BARS ANALYSED
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