2026 slam · me

23 bars of 4/4 at 140 BPM, about 0:38 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
140 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
23
LENGTH
0:38
DIFFICULTY
92/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 13% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 2-4 -- 13% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 140 BPM
2026 SLAM · BAR 2
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

4 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 1, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13 and 9 more.

LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 5 · LANDS ON BAR 6
LOOP · 140 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9

1 more fill is written out on the fills page.

THE SHAPE

How the song is built

24 bars across 3 sections: 6 keep time, 15 are fills, 1 is a stop and 1 is silent.

PART B
OUTRO
3 groovesDBS3Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 2026 slam?

140 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 2026 slam hard to play on drums?

92 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how many notes a second it asks for. The beat itself is 54 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

23 bars, about 0:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 11 exercises over 4 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 2026 slam?

4 fills to learn, played 15 times: bars 1, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13 and 9 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 23 BARS ANALYSED
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