Before I Forget (Standard Tuning) · Slipknot

151 bars of 4/4 at 135 BPM, about 4:27 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

MetalRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
135 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
151
LENGTH
4:27
DIFFICULTY
79/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 19-21, 23-25 and 27-29, and 3 more places -- 12.2% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BEFORE I FORGET (STANDARD TUNING) · BAR 20
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 17, 54, 58, 84, 132, 140 and 1 more.

LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 17 · LANDS ON BAR 18
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 54 · LANDS ON BAR 55 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 58 · LANDS ON BAR 59
LOOP · 135 BPM
BAR 84 · LANDS ON BAR 85

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

151 bars across 16 sections: 115 keep time, 7 are fills, 2 are stops and 4 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 86-104.

PART G
PART L
CHORUS
PART L
CHORUS 2
PART AD
PART AM
CHORUS 3
OUTRO 2
11 groovesQLADYO+6Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Before I Forget (Standard Tuning)?

135 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 Before I Forget (Standard Tuning) hard to play on drums?

79 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 67 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

151 bars, about 4:27 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 57 exercises over 23 sittings, about 23 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 Before I Forget (Standard Tuning)?

6 fills to learn, played 7 times: bars 17, 54, 58, 84, 132, 140 and 1 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 151 BARS ANALYSED
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