AOV · Slipknot

181 bars of 4/4 at 133 BPM, about 5:27 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalAlternative / Indie120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
133 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
181
LENGTH
5:27
DIFFICULTY
75/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 11-13, 15-17 and 19-21, and 9 more places -- 22.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 133 BPM
AOV · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

21 fills to learn, played 50 times: bars 2, 10, 14, 18, 22, 30 and 44 more.

LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 2 · LANDS ON BAR 3
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 10 · LANDS ON BAR 11 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 14 · LANDS ON BAR 15 · PLAYED 10 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19

17 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

181 bars across 19 sections: 104 keep time, 50 are fills, 2 are stops and 12 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 3-9.

CHORUS
PART K
CHORUS 2
PART Q
PART X
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
11 groovesEKXHT+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is AOV?

133 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth 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 AOV hard to play on drums?

75 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 50 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

181 bars, about 5:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 59 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 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 AOV?

21 fills to learn, played 50 times: bars 2, 10, 14, 18, 22, 30 and 44 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 181 BARS ANALYSED
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