Becoming [Triplet bass drum Pattern] · Pantera

100 bars of 4/4 at 128 BPM, about 3:08 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick.

Metal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
128 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
100
LENGTH
3:08
DIFFICULTY
78/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 36% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 3-9, 19-25 and 36-42, and 2 more places -- 36% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and most of the song is already under your hands.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BECOMING [TRIPLET BASS DRUM PATTERN] · BAR 5
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 18, 51 and 100.

LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 18 · LANDS ON BAR 19 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 128 BPM
BAR 100
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

100 bars across 12 sections: 78 keep time and 3 are fills. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-9.

CHORUS
PART D
CHORUS 2
PART F
CHORUS 3
PART D
CHORUS 4
PART F
PART H
PART F
OUTRO
5 groovesBFDHJFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Becoming [Triplet bass drum Pattern]?

128 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 Becoming [Triplet bass drum Pattern] hard to play on drums?

78 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 77 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

100 bars, about 3:08 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 26 exercises over 9 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare and kick. Nothing in the part asks for anything else.

How many fills are in Becoming [Triplet bass drum Pattern]?

2 fills to learn, played 3 times: bars 18, 51 and 100.

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