7 Words · Deftones

112 bars of 4/4 at 114 BPM, about 3:56 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieMetal90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
114 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
112
LENGTH
3:56
DIFFICULTY
85/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 14% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 29-31, 33-34 and 53-55, and 3 more places -- 14.4% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 114 BPM
7 WORDS · BAR 29
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

16 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 8, 12, 20, 24, 27, 28 and 19 more.

LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 12 · LANDS ON BAR 13
LOOP · 114 BPM
BAR 20 · LANDS ON BAR 21
LOOP · 114 BPM
BARS 27-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

12 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

112 bars across 12 sections: 62 keep time, 25 are fills, 4 are stops and 8 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 84-93.

PART E
PART C
CHORUS
PART U
CHORUS 2
PART S7
PART AB
PART Z
PART AJ
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
10 groovesLCAJAPE+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is 7 Words?

114 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 7 Words hard to play on drums?

85 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 66 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

112 bars, about 3:56 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 51 exercises over 17 sittings, about 26 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 7 Words?

16 fills to learn, played 25 times: bars 8, 12, 20, 24, 27, 28 and 19 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 112 BARS ANALYSED
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